New CAP will see funding redistributed across farm sectors, and geographically too

Direct payments will move from farming and food production to protecting the environment 

Following years of negotiations, CAP 2023-2027 was reached last week in Europe and the deal  been both lauded and criticised with all sides agreeing it will redraw the farming landscape here. File Picture. 

The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is likely to have far-reaching effects on Ireland’s multibillion-euro farming and food industry and on the wider rural economy which that sector supports.

Following years of negotiations, the agreement reached last week in Europe has been both lauded and criticised with all sides agreeing it will redraw the farming landscape here.