Around 200 farms to be affected by €100,000 CAP limit

Just under 200 Irish farms will be affected by one of the main proposals to reform the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy which will set a cap of €100,000 on payments to farmers.

Research by the Oireachtas’ Parliamentary Budget Office shows the proposed introduction of a €100,000 ceiling from 2020 has the potential to directly impact on only 199 out of more than 124,000 Irish farmers who received payments under CAP.