CAP important for everyone

Agriculture is in the spotlight this week, due to the CAP reform talks in Brussels.

Our news pages in the main paper carry the latest available results of the torturous negotiations, complicated even further this year because the European Parliament has co-decision powers alongside member states.

The negotiations have huge potential to disrupt our farming sector, which makes them vitally important for all of us, because a slowdown in farming and food production would be a serious blow for our already struggling economy.