EU open to IFA proposal to offer targeted sheep sector payments

The European Commission’s rural development section is supportive of an IFA proposal to offer targeted payments to sheep farmers.

At a meeting with senior Agri officials in Brussels, IFA sheep chairman John Lynskey said current CAP regulations allow a specific targeted payment for sheep, provided there was a willingness among member states to develop such a measure.

Mr Lynskey said the Commission was open to supporting the sheep sector from either Pillar I or Pillar II of CAP.