CAP report author to be keynote speaker at ASA annual conference

THE keynote address at the Agricultural Science Association’s annual conference in Tullow, Co Carlow, on September 10 will be given by George Lyon.

Mr Lyon is the Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland and author of an influential report on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

Mr Lyon received the overwhelming backing of the European Parliament for his report, which calls for a more sustainable, fairer and greener CAP.