What the CAP plan will mean for farmers

Main change for farmers will be less reliance on the single farm payment income support

Included in the CAP Strategic Plan was carbon tax funding for an agri-environment and climate measure to encourage farmers to farm in a greener and more sustainable way, and organic farming increasing as much as five-fold. File photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The shape of Irish farming after 2022 became clearer when the Government last week announced its funding plans for the CAP Strategic Plan and for Rural Development.

Included was carbon tax funding for an agri-environment and climate measure to encourage farmers to farm in a greener and more sustainable way, and organic farming increasing as much as five-fold.