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Controversial overhaul would roll Cap farm subsidies into national funding pots
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Farm incomes are up but EU subsidies are likely to fall, along with beef farming
Prospect of reduced EU subsidies and climate rules cloud the future for farmers
Farmers protest in Dublin over EU plans to merge Cap budget into single fund
Farmers warn funding could be stripped back over years as it will not be ring-fenced
Ireland needs multi-functional farms with biodiversity benefits. But how can they be supported?
Calls grow for farming supports to help landowners push ahead with national climate goals
Hedgerows are a shining example of nature benefiting from human intervention
The mix of plants provides a range of ecosystem services and habitats that natural colonisation would not achieve
EU commissioner says young farmers should get more CAP subsidies
Farm subsidies to be ‘rebalanced’ as EU agriculture budget likely to come under pressure
Farming for and with nature has entered the mainstream
As CAP payments are oriented towards sustainability, nature-friendly farming can secure reliable funding for farms in an increasingly unreliable global marketplace
Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe’s climate agenda
It’s not just the ‘far right’ who weaponise climate policies for politically opportunistic reasons
Farmers need certainty on climate change measures
Reducing Ireland’s beef herd makes more sense than a huge reduction in profitable dairy cattle
Greater effort needed to extend nitrates derogation levels, IFA told
Minister told IFA the support of other EU nations was required to keep the present derogation, and water quality must be improved
Make no mistake, this will be a more eastern, more Balkan EU. What will that mean for Ireland?
Ireland has been consistent in its support for Ukrainian accession and offering humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees. However, such support is about to be tested as the implications of what a bigger, poorer EU means come into focus
Ukraine joining EU would cause 20 per cent cut in CAP farming payments, study says
Ukraine would displace France as the largest recipient of CAP funding, according to leaked internal EU report
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