Single Farm Payments crucial for dairy farmers

Over the next two months the minister for agriculture has key decisions to take on the CAP.

Those decisions will have a major bearing on the success or otherwise of farm families and the agri-food sector up to, and beyond, 2020.

The importance of the Single Farm Payment and other payments cannot be overstated, with 2012 and the first half of 2013 a clear example of their importance.