Irish CAP plans closer
About 100 submissions are believed to have been filed, on how the CAP reform should be implemented in this country.
This month sees the next phase of the process regional public information meetings organised by the Department of Agriculture, at which senior officials come face to face with farmers to discuss the way forward. These should shed light on the likely outcomes for individual land owners. Heated discussion is likely on the predicted outcome for farmers who concentrated on heifer beef production; suckler farmers who sold weanlings without claiming the SBP; specialist dairy farmers who sold calves and claimed no direct payments; farmers who leased land; and early retirement farmers. It could become unviable for some of these farmers to farm their land if they are left without adequate premia entitlements.
