CO-OPS umbrella body ICOS has claimed that the FAPRI/Teagasc projections for the milk sector are based on optimistic and questionable assumptions.

TEAGASC predictions have been rubbished by ICMSA, whose president Pat O’Rourke said a 40% increase in the average dairy quota size is predicted. No additional investment requirement other than the cost of extra quota was envisaged – a totally unrealistic and groundless assumption, according to O’Rourke.

IFA Livestock Committee chairman Derek Deane has described the latest FAPRI analysis of the impact of CAP reform and WTO proposals as “clearly flawed”.

FINDINGS by FAPRI-Ireland on the likely impact of CAP reform and WTO proposals on Irish agriculture are to be referred to consultative groups established by Minister Joe Walsh.

Ireland: The latest FAPRI-Ireland independent study on CAP and WTO proposals requested

THE price of meat is likely to rise as a result of changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture.

THE opening shots in what promises to be a long and tough battle for farmers were fired in Brussels yesterday with Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh saying no to reforming the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).

THE country’s two main farming groups, the IFA and the ICMSA, have rejected the CAP reform proposals.