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2012-01-30 : IFA MAKES SUBMISSION AHEAD OF 2012 FINANCE BILL | | IFA has put forward a number of practical proposals to the Minister for Finance to offset the imposition of the additional carbon tax on farm diesel, as the Budget measures are totally inadequate to deal effectively with the problem. Under the Programme for Government, a clear commitment was given to ‘exempt farm diesel from further increases in the carbon tax’. |
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2012-01-27 : REMOVAL OF ROADS GOODWILL PAYMENT A SHORT-SIGHTED AND COSTLY MISTAKE - IFA | | IFA Roads Project Team Chairman Jer Bergin has described the decision by the Department of Transport and the National Roads Authority to stop paying a goodwill payment, where councils seek early access onto farmers’ lands and cause considerable disruption, as a short-sighted and costly mistake. |
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2012-01-27 : IFA – CATTLE FEEDERS RESISTING PRICE PRESSURE | | IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman Henry Burns said cattle farmers are not prepared to sell cattle at the lower quoted prices from the factories and are strongly resisting any price pressure. |
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2012-01-25 : RAPIDLY ESCALATING FUEL AND ENERGY COSTS THREATEN SUSTAINED AGRICULTURAL GROWTH | | IFA President John Bryan said that rapidly escalating fuel and energy costs threaten sustained agricultural growth, job creation and Ireland’s prospects for recovery given our over reliance on imported energy, export dependence and distance from market. The Government and EU must take action to ensure that energy prices become more competitive and that speculative investment in oil products is contained. |
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2012-01-24 : IFA PRESIDENT SETS OUT ASSOCIATION’S POSITION ON THE EURO | | IFA President John Bryan told this week’s AGM that he believes Ireland’s interests are best served by the survival of the euro. He said, “We support the Government’s position that the way forward for the euro must include a sustainable path for recovery and growth in Ireland and in Europe. I have seen for myself in Argentina the devastating impact on businesses and families of a sovereign default. There is no soft option in getting out of the Euro.” |
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2012-01-24 : WEAK EURO A MAJOR BOOST TO DAIRY EXPORTS – KIERSEY | | IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Kevin Kiersey today (Tues) said that, since last April, the euro had weakened by over 11% against the US $, and by 6% against Sterling. He said this was equivalent to a return boost of 4c/l on SMP and butter exported onto the world market, and just over 2c/l for exporters of cheddar cheese to the UK. |
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