Reduced CAP Budget Will Provide Big Challenges Says Clare ICSA Rep

The Clare-based General Secretary of the ICSA says it’s becoming increasingly frustrating that farmers are required to do more for less.

European leaders have reached a 1.8 trillion euro EU budget after five days of marathon talks in Brussels.

It includes a 4 billion euro crisis reserve for CAP Pillar 1 payments and a 15 billion euro rural development fund, but overall the Common Agricultural Policy budget for the next seven years has been reduced by over 35 billion euro.

Cratloe farmer Eddie Punch has been telling Clare FM’s Fiona Cahill that this will provide big challenges.