Leaked proposals for the next CAP, seen by the Irish Farmers Journal, would result in big changes to farmers’ EU payments, starting in two years’ time.
Active and smaller farmers could gain and if so, hobby farmers and bigger farmers would lose out. The proposals, drawn up by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan’s team, include:
Payments channelled more to active farmers not earning large off-farm income.What levels of off-farm income are allowed and how eligibility could be shown.A €60,000 cap on any one farmer’s payment.Basic Payment and Greening to go. Replaced by a Basic Income Sustainability Support Payment and a new environmental payment.Entitlements would remain in use.More flexibility to couple payments to actual livestock numbers.More flexibility to front load payments to small farmers or farmers in disadvantaged areas.More flexibility to move towards flat payment per hectare rather than payments linked to activity in historic reference years.Member states would have more of a say in drawing up their new CAP schemes.The new CAP is conditional on sufficient funds in the next EU budget which will be outlined in Brussels next week.
IFA president Joe Healy has warned EU Commissioner Agriculture Phil Hogan: “Your first job is to fight like hell for an increase in the CAP budget.”
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CAP leak: what the proposals would mean for farmers
Healy urges Hogan to ‘fight like hell’ for the CAP budget
Leaked proposals for the next CAP, seen by the Irish Farmers Journal, would result in big changes to farmers’ EU payments, starting in two years’ time.
Active and smaller farmers could gain and if so, hobby farmers and bigger farmers would lose out. The proposals, drawn up by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan’s team, include:
Payments channelled more to active farmers not earning large off-farm income.What levels of off-farm income are allowed and how eligibility could be shown.A €60,000 cap on any one farmer’s payment.Basic Payment and Greening to go. Replaced by a Basic Income Sustainability Support Payment and a new environmental payment.Entitlements would remain in use.More flexibility to couple payments to actual livestock numbers.More flexibility to front load payments to small farmers or farmers in disadvantaged areas.More flexibility to move towards flat payment per hectare rather than payments linked to activity in historic reference years.Member states would have more of a say in drawing up their new CAP schemes.The new CAP is conditional on sufficient funds in the next EU budget which will be outlined in Brussels next week.
IFA president Joe Healy has warned EU Commissioner Agriculture Phil Hogan: “Your first job is to fight like hell for an increase in the CAP budget.”
Read more
CAP leak: what the proposals would mean for farmers
Healy urges Hogan to ‘fight like hell’ for the CAP budget
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