IFA says the schemes aren't fair to Irish Farmers.
EU Agriculture Ministers will begin a two day summit in Brussels today aimed at ratifying reforms to the CAP farm subsidy programme.
The deal will account for about a third of the EU's budget between 2021 and 2027, with 387 billion euro being spent.
20 per cent of the budget will be ring fenced for new eco-schemes to tackle agricultural emissions.
Kildare man Brian Rushe is Deputy President of the IFA.
He says these schemes aren't fair on farmers:
There is a political agreement on the #NewCAP.
— EU Agriculture🌱 (@EUAgri) June 25, 2021
The new 🇪🇺 Common Agricultural Policy, to be implemented from January 2023, will be:
🌱 greener
👩🌾 fairer to small farmers
🐄 more animal friendly
📊 more flexible
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Brian Rushe, says the new CAP agreement will have a negative impact on farmers' incomes:
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