Stephen Cadogan: EU still does not truly understand why farmers protest

Green Deal-related measures have transformed the EU's agriculture policy from supporting food production to curbing farm output

Farmers make barricades after blocking a highway during a protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain in February.

Why did many thousands of farmers protest across Europe earlier this year?

It's a question that is coming to a head now after the EU's 27 agriculture ministers last week discussed the sector's future.