“THERE will be no premiums for farmers who produce nothing, and no-one in the field expects any radical change in the choice of crops.”

THE Government will continue to defend Ireland’s broad interests in the CAP mid-term reviews and particularly in the discussions on the future of the milk quota regime.

EUROPEAN UNION Commissioner Franz Fischler, on a tour of member States to outline the new proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy, has rejected claims that the Commission wanted to cut the farm budget.