NEWS & EVENTS

Following the decision of Ornua to increase the estimated processing costs for the PPI calculation by 1.9 cpl for February, the Chairperson of ICMSA’s Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, said there is huge anger amongst dairy farmers in relation to the change and he called on Ornua to provide the complete…

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has accused beef processors of cutting farmer prices ‘under the radar’ over the past few weeks and leaving Irish prices “absolutely adrift” of their UK counterparts. “As beef finishers face into the most expensive quarter of the year in terms of finishing…

Speaking in advance of the February round of milk price announcements, the Chairperson of the ICMSA Dairy Committee, Noel Murphy, said that all Co-ops need to increase their milk price to reflect market realities and to provide dairy farmers with a badly needed ‘confidence boost’ after an extremely difficult 12…

Speaking following a meeting of the Agriculture Water Quality Working Group, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, has welcomed confirmation that revised Nitrates figures will be allocated for calves from 0-3 months and that farmers will receive credit for feeding a lower percentage protein concentrate to their cows, with these…

Commenting on the proposals from the EU Commission to reduce the administrative burden on farmers, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan, said that the proposals were meaningless to the point of insult and would result in absolutely no improvement for Irish farmers in 2024 or, indeed, any year thereafter. “The…

While welcoming the decision of ICBF in relation to improvements to the genotyping programme, the Deputy President of ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, expressed concern about the ‘turnaround’ time, saying that ICBF needs to recognise that in addition to the time spent in the lab, farmers are also concerned about the postage…

The President of ICMSA has called on Minister McConalogue to conform that changes to the Nitrates Regulations on which he (the Minister) had made commitments will be delivered “without delay”.” We are almost two months into 2024 and, bluntly, the time is long past for the Minister for Agriculture, Food…

Speaking in advance of addressing the Joint Committee for Agriculture, Food and Marine on the draft Bill to establish the Review Panel for Agriculture Appeals, ICMSA President Denis Drennan said that the independence of the Review Panel will be essential and that certain conditions were necessary if that independence was…

The four winners of the 2023 John Feely Foundation Scholarships were presented with their individual cheques for €1500 at a reception held on 6 Feb in ICMSA’s Limerick Head Office, John Feely House, also named for the hugely influential early leader of the organisation.  From left, Michael Tully of Fivealley,…