New ICSA leader expects major changes in dairy

Wexford farmer Patrick Kent was elected president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association last week, defeating outgoing president Gabriel Gilmartin of Sligo in a keenly contested election.

Mr Kent runs a medium-sized suckler and sheep farm at New Ross, in Co Wexford, alongside a Belgian Blue breeding enterprise.

Mr Kent will take up the reins at the ICSA AGM and Annual Conference early next year.