A study by The New York Times of CAP farm subsidies in central and eastern Europe has uncovered eye-watering abuse.

The results of a three-month public consultation by the European Commission on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be published online and presented by EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan at a conference in Brusssels in July.

Simon Coveney has been busy brokering reform of EU agri policy in recent weeks. Farming editor Stephen Cadogan looks at how it will impact here in Ireland

The EU has agreed the biggest reform of agriculture policy in a decade, but for Irish farmers the changes have just begun, warned Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

It is critical that monies for re-distribution are targeted at active producers with low payments, writes John Bryan