ICMSA makes decoupling plea

The ICMSA has reiterated its call to Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh to retain and not decouple the slaughter premium in order to offset farm income losses and support future incomes.

Pat O’Rourke, president, said there is a feeling among ICMSA members that the full facts on the slaughter premium are not being put to farmers at public meetings.

As a result, the association has placed a series of public notices in the agricultural press to set out the full facts as to why the premium should be retained.