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Ifa not representing suckler/beef farmers

porter shark · 2015-12-04 19:42:01

The ifa is in ruins and the difference in beef price between ireland and the uk is at an all-time high. Am I the only one that feels its time for suckler/beef farmers to set up their own organisation? If all the suckler/beef farmers claimed back 7 years ifa deductions and put a fraction of it into a new organisation we…

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#32 07-12-2015 10:50am
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oldsmokey wrote: »

Can't blame icsa for advertising - more power to em. IFA got too big for their boots taking all say from local branches, centralising power - sound familiar??
They need to stop taking factory money to have any shred of future credibility - and give a say - and funds- back to the local branch.
What did ifa do when unclaimed bdgp money went straight to the dairy boys, who to be fair are the only crowd making a quid - a scandal.
IFA court the dairy lads cos they know they'll be the only ones who can afford membership in years to come - with cash comes clout.
And the hot air about the beef forum...the whole lot of them IFA, Coveney and the factories having a good laugh at the gom of a suckler farmer.

I'd say ICSA are wasting their time advertising. Farmers generally believe in the church, the GAA and IFA. Most of them will get over this little hiccup in the new year and start paying the levies again. As soon as the dust settles, the IFJ will go back to publishing IFA propaganda and we'll hear no more scandal from Bluebell. I guess its the old story - you get the democracy you deserve.

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