As the farming sector across the EU continues to be heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, has again written to the bloc’s agriculture ministers.

The correspondence follows on from a video meeting of the agriculture ministers last month, where calls were made for exceptional aid measures; flexibility of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) advance payments; and specific sectoral supports.

However, for Ireland’s farming organisations, patience is wearing thin.

Numerous farm and industry leaders have criticised the commission’s apparent “lack of decisive intervention” to support farmers on the ground – who are being hit with significant price cuts for prime cattle and face looming milk price drops due to the impact of the virus on key international markets.

The letter, sent yesterday, Thursday, April 8, outlines the following:

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