Farm leaders condemn CAP reforms as Greens say changes are vital

FARMING reaction to the Fistula CAP (Common Agriculture Policy) reforms has been hostile with leaders of the main farming groups condemning the new package as seriously detrimental to Irish farming.

However, the Irish Cattle Sheep Farmers Association welcomed the CAP proposals. General secretary Eddie Punch said the Fischler reforms “represent the policy of the future and that the challenge facing Ireland is to embrace the change and seek to proactively influence the detail in the best interests of Irish farmers”.

Macra na Feirme, the voice of young Irish farmers condemned the CAP plan as a landlord’s charter.