Ringside seat to alternative agricultural policies post-Brexit

Irish farmers can look at how farmers across the border or across the Irish Sea are coping, with similar farming enterprises and similar weather conditions, but outside the CAP, says Stephen Cadogan.

It’s hard to find any silver lining in the Brexit cloud, but a far-sighted analysis by CAP expert Alan Matthews points out that Irish farmers in the years ahead will have a ringside seat to watch how alternative agricultural policies work, and how they compare with farming life in Ireland.