In this episode, Ronan O’Connor talks to ICMSA’s Dairy Team of Noel Murphy and Paul Smyth on their analysis of the dairy market and where they see it moving in the vital First Quarter and then the subsequent run-up to Peak Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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To be or not TB
ICMSA's Des Morrison outlines the problem around persistent Bovine TB and what we should be doing to eliminate it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ICMSA’s National AGM Views Pre/Post.
We got views of ICMSA members before the National Annual General Meeting and how they felt the event would go. We also spoke after the event with Mary Lou McDonald the Leader of Sinn Féin and Matt Carthy the SF Agriculture spokes person. We got views from the Minister for agriculture food and marine Charlie McConalogue who also attend the event, and much much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What are these trespassers on farms hunting? Pat McCormack has his suspicions
In this episode, ICMSA President, Pat McCormack, looks at the nationwide problem of semi-organised gangs of trespassers-hunters intimidating and threatening farmers. He outlines the problems – but more importantly, he lays out what ICMSA think might be solutions. Following on from a meeting with Minister McEntee, the ICMSA President wants a new and much more proactive approach taken to a problem he thinks is spiralling out of control before lives are lost. Anyone interested in this issue should listen because he warns, bluntly, that the frequency and intensity of these confrontations is increasing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Everything You need to know about a PIA (Personal Insolvency Arrangement)
Paul Smyth and Gary Digney explain how the personal insolvency arrangement can give farmers trapped by debt a way out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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