Dairy
Milk Price Tracker: Prices steady for the end of 2024
The latest Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by Agriland and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk prices from the most...
ICMSA
Agri Health
ICMSA: Time for 'hard questions/straight answers' on BVD
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) today (Thursday, January 30) said that farmers want to know when “compulsory tissue...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Beef
SCEP 'underperforming' as deadline nears - ICMSA
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is “underperforming” and being...
Agri Politics
ICMSA: Slurry storage grant can be a success if issues addressed
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the a new 60% grant aid for nutrient storage investments under...
Rural Life
ICMSA calls for inspections to be suspended following storm damage
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for farm inspections to be suspended for at least a week...
Agri Politics
ICMSA urges commissioner to ban below-cost selling of food
The president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) Denis Drennan has urged the European Commissioner for Agriculture and...
Rural Life
Storm Éowyn damage impacts on 560,000 homes, farms and businesses
ESB Networks today (Friday, January 24) said there had been been “unprecedented, widespread and extensive damage to electricity infrastructure” across...
Rural Life
Storm Éowyn: ICMSA urges farmers to 'minimise personal risks'
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) is urging “community-minded farmers” to take care and minimise personal risks during Storm...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Agri Politics
ICMSA: 'Admirable change in tone' in draft programme for govt
The draft programme for government positions farming and food production as a “positive force in Irish life” according to the...
Environment
ICMSA calls on DAFM to prioritise ACRES balancing payments
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for 2023 Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) balancing payments to be...
Dairy
ICMSA calls on co-ops to pay end-of-year bonus
Following the first milk price announcement for the final month of 2024, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has...
Veterinary
Germany confirms first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease since 1988
Authorities in Germany have today (Friday, January 10), confirmed the first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country since...
Agri Politics
ICMSA calls for introduction of 60% slurry storage grant
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) Farm Business Committee chair, Pat O’Brien, is calling on Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
Farm org lauds 'huge achievement' of 2024 food export figures
This week saw the release of the Bord Bia Export Performance and Prospects report for 2024/2025, with one farm organisation...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Agri-Business
Farm orgs make calls for changes to TAMS grant
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) to be extended to include eligibility...
Dairy News
ICMSA: 50c/L should be minimum base price for December milk
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that 50c/L should be the minimum base price paid by processors...
Beef
'Rip roaring' mart trade for beef anticipated
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has welcomed the positive start to the new year’s beef trade and said...
Dairy
Milk price 2025 'needs to drive on' - ICMSA president
Agriland spoke with ICMSA president, Dennis Drennan who talked about supply and demand of dairy products and how milk price...