CAP reforms must not undermine productive farmers, warns IFA

Active, productive farmers should not be undermined in any redistribution of the Single Farm Payment under the post-2013 reformed CAP, IFA president John Bryan has warned.

He has urged Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, who attended a meeting of the EU’s farm council in Brussels yesterday, to ensure the new CAP is drawn to support farmers and underpin production.

He said the key issue for Irish farmers is securing a fully-funded CAP budget for both Pillar I and Pillar II.