Macra calls for ring fencing 4% of direct payments for young farmers

‘More of the same will not address generational renewal' 

Macra outlined the areas for young farmers that need CAP investment during the Joint Committee on  Agriculture, Food and the Marine's CAP meeting on Wednesday. Picture: David Creedon/Anzenberger. 

Macra na Feirme addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine this week where its president, John Keane laid out its plans to encourage investment in generational renewal.

Mr Keane who was speaking during a discussion on CAP also called for the elimination of the five-year rule in relation to young farmers.