CAP reform threatens future for this promising recruit

Stephen Cadogan talks to Longford farmer Donal McLoughlin who may opt for non-farming career.

AGED 37, and a university graduate, Donal McLoughlin is one of the promising recruits to take Irish farming forward into the next generation.

Instead, the CAP reform, and what he sees as inequitable beef prices paid to the farmer, leave him seriously questioning his commitment to full-time farming.