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