May 25, 2021, 5:00 pm
The latest
Milk Price Tracker – brought to you by
Agriland and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) – details milk prices from the most significant Irish dairy co-ops for the month of April.
For each co-op, a green arrow indicates an increase in base milk price (compared with the previous month); a blank space signifies no change; and a red arrow indicates a drop in base milk price.
It is important to note that the cent-per-litre (c/L) milk prices – shown in the table below – are calculated using the widely-accepted milk pricing system (an approach employed by most Irish co-ops).
May 19, 2021 12:49 pm
Next week marks a year since Irish beef exports to China were suspended and there are calls now for a “renewed effort” to have those exports reopened.
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has requested an update from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) on how the situation is progressing and how close we are to beef exports to the Asian country being reopened.
Des Morrison, the association’s Livestock Committee chairperson said today (Wednesday, May 19), that the issue was of concern to both farmers and processors.
“Next week marks a full year since beef exports [from Ireland to China] were suspended due to an atypcial BSE [bovine spongiform encephalopathy] case in a 14-year-old animal.
May 10, 2021, 1:59 pm
Teagasc is currently in the process of filling a number of roles within the organisation which all have a communications element, one of which will be focused on outreach and innovation.
Among the promiment roles being recruited for are head of dairy Knowledge Transfer; head of research development and Walsh Scholarships; director of human resources and partner; and regional manager of the Waterford-Kilkenny advisory region.
Agriland understands that an outreach and innovation position which is now available, is a slightly amended role from the role which was previously held by Paul Maher before he was appointed as the new head head of international relations and corporate strategy.
May 10, 2021 3:33 pm
The state is approaching a “make your mind up” moment when it comes to legal challenges to planning decisions, one farm organisation has warned.
As the controversy surrounding An Taisce’s decision to appeal a recent High Court ruling against it rolls on, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has pointed to what it says is the government’s responsibility in the matter.
Pat McCormack, the association’s president, said today (Monday, May 10) that the state is “fast approaching a ‘make your mind up’ moment on the question of enabling legal challenges to planning decisions that have already progressed tortuously through the planning process”.