Convergence one of many landmines for agriculture ministers to avoid before the new CAP arrives in 2023

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Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue at one of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meetings in 2020; so far, he has avoided the landmines which await ministers who try to radically alter EU payments to farmers.

Farmers examining their 2021 Basic Payment Scheme information packs received in the post recently may have missed the reduction of 2.05% in the value of their payment entitlements.

This cut happened at EU level, in the agreement reached on the EU Budget last October.