Agri-Business
A key committee of the European Parliament has officially called for the next CAP to be allocated €433 billion for the 2028-2034 period.
Agri Politics
One of the most important MEPs in the coming negotiations on the CAP has said he wants the two pillar structure of the policy retained.
Rural Life
Barry Cowen has said there are ways to bridge the gap in CAP funding but that member states will have to cough up to protect farm payments.
MEP Barry Cowen has organised a conference this week on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Maintaining a "well-resourced" CAP "supports agricultural incomes in Ireland", Teagasc said.
Irish farm organisations have met with the top EU bureaucrat for agriculture and outlined their criticisms of the CAP proposals.
An extension to the public consultation on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2027 regulations has been announced.
A major network of environmental lobby groups and NGOs has launched a formal complaint over the proposals for the next CAP.
A meeting of EU agriculture ministers will take place in the Council of the EU today, with the future of CAP again on the agenda.
The EU Commission's failure to carry out a specific impact assessment on proposals for the future CAP is "dominating" EU budget discussions.
Copa Cogeca said the European Court of Auditors has confirmed the organisation's "alarm" over proposals on the next CAP.
If the CAP is to have "any future" it must have an "adequate budget", the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association has stressed.
An Irish MEP has called on Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, to make the CAP a "defining priority".
Munster Technological University will host a stakeholder workshop exploring the future of rural life and farming in Ireland next month.
The European Parliament has launched its work on the proposal to tie farm payments into 'National and Regional Partnership Plans' (NRPP).
Schemes
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will meet this week to continue discussions on the post-2027 CAP.
The group representing EU farmers has said that concession made by the European Commission in recent days do not go far enough.
President von der Leyen has committed to make an further €45 billion available in the first year of the next CAP for farm payments.
The current cycle of the CAP, which began in 2023, has had a "relatively modest" impact on farm incomes, according to Teagasc.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will this week continue discussions on the Common Agricultural Policy.
Several EU agriculture ministers have expressed concerns over planned moves to strengthen capping and degressivity in the next CAP post-2027.
Minister Heydon has told his EU counterparts that capping and flattening farm payments could have "unintended effects" on productivity.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must remain fully-funded and distinct beyond 2027, Minister Agriculture Martin Heydon has said.
