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ICMSA to stress the need for a Farm Summit

The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) will have a full rota of staff at this year’s National Ploughing Championships (the Ploughing) to give advice and deal with any problems raised by members.
ICMSA president, Denis Drennan, on his farm in Kilkenny.

This year is Denis Drennan’s first time attending the Ploughing as ICMSA president. He will be present for the full three days, according to the association, and he is looking forward to meeting and greeting members and the general public.
“There’s no shortage of issues and the low morale and prices that have afflicted farming and the wider agri-sector for the last two years are bound to find expression in some blunt talking to the swarms of politicians expected to attend in advance of the likely November general election,” the ICMSA said in a statement.
According to the ICMSA: “Denis has already gone on the record in calling for a full and comprehensive Farm Summit to be held by an incoming government and hosted by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and to be held as soon as possible in January of next year. He has also called for a full sector-by-sector examination with every possibility of integration and co-ordination to be incorporated into a new plan that places social and economic sustainability alongside environmental sustainability in terms of ambitions and policy.” The ICMSA said that the president will avail of the three-day Ploughing event to explore these issues further with members. You can find the ICMSA stand 285 on row 15.

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