CAP: ‘Commercial farming loses out’

ICOS ‘disappointed’ with 85% internal convergence measure 

The reallocation of CAP funds disadvantages  productive farms, says ICOS. File Picture. 

‘The reallocation of CAP funding disadvantages commercial farms, many of whom are already struggling with increasing regulatory cost’.

This was the sentiment expressed by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd (ICOS) after a deal was reached in Brussels on CAP post-2020 earlier today.