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The True Voice of Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers

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ICSA LIFE FOCUS TO HOST FARMER GATHERING

ICSA LIFE FOCUS TO HOST FARMER GATHERING

ICSA’s Life Focus group will host a farmer gathering on Sunday 14 April at the Castletown Geoghegan Community Hall in Castletown Geoghegan, Co Westmeath, Eircode N91 NV0T. The gathering will commence at 7.30pm. Chair of ICSA Life Focus Mona O’Donoghue Concannon said,...

Livestock Prices

Cattle and Sheep Prices 2 April 2024

Cattle Prices

downarrow Steers €5.15-€5.20/kg
downarrow Heifers €5.20-€5.25/kg
nochange Bulls (-16mts) €5.15-€5.20/kg nochange Bulls (+16mts) €5.30-€5.40/kg (U); €5.20-€5.30/kg (R)
uparrow Cows €4.80-€5.00/kg (U); €4.60-€4.80/kg (R); €4.20-€4.40/kg (O);

Sheep Prices

downarrow Spring Lamb €9.00/kg up to 20.5kgs downarrow Hoggets €8.50-€8.80/kg up to 24kgs uparrow Ewes €3.40-€3.90/kg

uparrow Up downarrow Down nochange No Change

ICSA Ireland

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association is an Association of Farmers for Farmers, and for more than 25 years we have defended the interests low-income suckler, sheep, beef and tillage farmers. ICSA does not take levies.

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Our Vision and Mission – ICSA

Striving for equality for all farmers

Freedom from bureaucracy

Opportunity to farm

Exclusively represents the voice of drystock farmers

Identify and respond to the key issues concerning the beef and lamb sectors

To represent the views of Ireland’s rural communities

The Benefits Of Being An ICSA Member

10% or €100 off the cost of AXA Farm Insurance for members of ICSA

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ICSA Sectors

  • Beef – We represent the interests of beef and suckler farmers with a focus on full transparency in the food chain.
  • Sheep – We represent the interests of Irish sheep farmers in the strongest possible way at home and abroad.
  • Suckler – ICSA believes suckler farmers need to be supported as much as possible to maintain the strength of the sector.
  • Rural Development – ICSA is committed to furthering the cause of rural development in Ireland, and giving strong voice to the issues that affect rural dwellers across the country.

Latest Press Releases

ICSA LIFE FOCUS TO HOST FARMER GATHERING

ICSA LIFE FOCUS TO HOST FARMER GATHERING

ICSA’s Life Focus group will host a farmer gathering on Sunday 14 April at the Castletown Geoghegan Community Hall in Castletown Geoghegan, Co Westmeath, Eircode N91 NV0T. The gathering will commence at 7.30pm.

ICSA SLAMS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO NUTRIENT EXCRETION RATES

ICSA SLAMS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO NUTRIENT EXCRETION RATES

ICSA Beef chair John Cleary has slammed the proposal to reduce the nutrient excretion rates of heifers while increasing the rates for male cattle as part of the interim review of the Nitrates Action Programme. “As an organisation representing drystock farmers we believe these changes are fundamentally unfair and biased. It appears to us to be no more than a deliberate manoeuvre to skew nitrates data in favour of one sector at the expense of another,” he said.

UNWORKABLE DEADLINE UNDER NATIONAL SHEEP WELFARE SCHEME MUST BE AMENDED

UNWORKABLE DEADLINE UNDER NATIONAL SHEEP WELFARE SCHEME MUST BE AMENDED

ICSA president Sean McNamara has welcomed the opening of the National Sheep Welfare Scheme but said the October date for completion of the necessary actions needs to be pushed back. “Setting a mid-October deadline is highly impractical for hill sheep farmers, as their livestock will still be out grazing on the mountains at that time. To fulfil the required actions, ewes would need to be brought down from the mountains, a task typically not undertaken until late October and into November,” he said.

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