Tipperary farmer re-elected as president of ICMSA
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Tipp farmer Pat McCormack has been re-elected for another three year term as President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association.
The Greenane farmer was uncontested for the role at the ICMSA’s virtual National Council AGM held on Friday.
Many of the key roles on the committee remain unchanged for next year, with Lorcan McCabe as Deputy President and Des Morrison staying as Livestock Chair.
Pat McCormack says Brexit remains a key concern in the early stages of his new term as President:
“Three years ago, I would’ve said that we needed to get a Brexit deal done in an orderly fashion.
Temporary no-deal Brexit raises prospect of further volatility, farmers say New markets take tens of tonnes of beef, but Britain in 2019 took 260,000 tonnes – ICSA
Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 22:33 Updated: Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 22:35
The prospect of a temporary no-deal Brexit in which a potential agreement cannot be ratified before January 1st raises the prospect of further volatility, according to farmers’ organisations.
Farmers have also rejected the prospect of flying cattle and sheep to markets in Europe, citing the expense and that such a move would “leave farmers with nothing, or a bill”.
Eddie Punch, general secretary of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), told the Oireachtas committee on agriculture that even if a Brexit deal was brought “across the line” it might be too late at this stage to have it in place for January, leading to a temporary period of World Trade Organisation rules.
December 14, 2020 5:29 pm
The final hustings event of the 2020 Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) presidential election was marked by a very frank and sharp discussion concerning the organisation’s ‘zero-representation’ on the board of Bord Bia.
The matter came to light courtesy of a question raised by an ICSA executive member, who pointed out that both the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) are both represented on the board of Bord Bia at presidential level.
The two candidates in the ICSA election are: Sean McNamara, from Co. Westmeath, and Dermot Kelleher from west Cork. Both demanded that Bord Bia should treat the ICSA with absolute and total parity of esteem, where the matter of farmer representation on its board of directors is concerned.
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