ICMSA president John Comer has called for the GLAS agri-environmental scheme to be opened by the autumn to ensure farmers receive full payment in 2015.

A SUCCESSOR to Charlie Reilly, ending his four year term as president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, will be elected in Portlaoise on Sunday night.

THE Fischler proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy are an opening offer and present a chance to restructure the Irish farming industry, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association has claimed.