16%-23% rump doesn’t like any of the schemes for farmers

The Basic Payment Scheme remains the most popular scheme among farmers, with almost two thirds (64%) “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the scheme, out of the 569 surveyed in the 2017 Irish Examiner/ICMSA National Opinion Poll.

The EU-funded BPS bankrolls more than 130,000 farmers annually to the tune of more than €1.2bn per year.