Farmer fury at ‘Another Solo Run by Minister Ross’
The decision of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to implement new measures regulating the NCT rules for farm tractors 'has left the farming community...
ICMSA set out “essentials” for independence of Agriculture Appeals Review Panel
Speaking in advance of addressing the Joint Committee for Agriculture, Food and Marine on the draft Bill to establish the Review Panel for Agriculture...
Essential that payments are speedy and efficient – IFA
IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy said the Department of Agriculture had a good hit on payments to farmers across the country this week.
He said...
McConalogue told farmers “waiting impatiently” for promised changes to Nitrates Regulations
The President of ICMSA has called on Minister McConalogue to confirm that changes to the Nitrates Regulations on which he (the Minister) had made...
Failure to renew the authorisation of Glyphosate will deliver a killer...
IFA National Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne said that the failure by the EU to renew the approval of the herbicide glyphosate in the...
Minister Creed must call factories to order on beef
IFA President Joe Healy has strongly criticised the meat factories for overhyping the fallout from the Brexit result in their rush to pull cattle...
Announcement might give impetus to “frankly disappointing” US export figures
Commenting on the announcement that US authorities will permit the importation of Irish beef for their ‘Ground Beef’ or ‘Hamburger’ sector, the Chairperson of...
ICMSA describes Budget as ‘steady and solid’
The ICMSA President, John Comer, has said that farmers looking at Tuesday's Budget would generally consider it as 'steady and solid' but he was critical...
‘Room for further price increases on December milk’ – O’Leary
Speaking at the January meeting of North Cork IFA County Executive, IFA National Dairy Chairman Sean O’Leary said the first GDT auction of 2017,...
Many TAMS farmers still unpaid ‘approaching despair’ say ICMSA
Commenting on the ongoing delays in relation to TAMS payments where, in many cases, minor procedural problems have resulted in farmers still not being paid,...
