CAP funding to dictate a decade of choices

For the Common Agricultural Policy to work, its eco schemes must take on board the views of farmers, the ones best placed to judge their practicality, says the ICMSA 

ICMSA is proposing that dairy investments are included in the on-farm capital investment scheme, that a 60% grant should be available for all farmers, and that a new €120,000 investment ceiling should be applied. Picture: iStock

Pat McCormack, president of ICMSA, looks ahead to how the latest round of CAP funding changes will impact farm-level decisions for Irish dairy farmers

Pat McCormack, president, ICMSA, on the farm in Co Tipperary. Picture: Denis Minihane