Agri Politics
Minister McConalogue met the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Post-2020 Stakeholder Consultative Committee for the first time today.
Minister Cowen met for the first time with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Stakeholder Consultative Committee earlier this week.
Agri-Business
Ambitious changes to CAP have been proposed by Macra na Feirme to address structural, competitive and generational challenges in farming.
A broad range of topics and issues were highlighted by farmers at the CAP Consultation meeting, organised by the Department of Agriculture.
Farmers should give their opinions on what changes are needed to CAP, according to MEP Mairead McGuinness.
Calls have been made for a postal survey to be carried out as part of the current CAP post-2020 consultation process.
