CAP proposal will downgrade food production, says IFA

Farming groups in Ireland and across Europe have criticised EU plans to overhaul the Common Agricultural Payment (CAP) system under new reforms, saying the key farm payment was being downgraded.

Under new budget proposals, Brussels is set to propose capping the EU subsidies a single farmer can receive each year, in an attempt to redistribute the bloc’s massive farming subsidies in favour of smaller businesses.

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