The proposals for restructuring the next Common Agricultural Policy and how it interacts with farmers are game-changing, as EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, explained to Matt O’Keeffe.

The bigger a cake is, the easier it is to divide it to everyone’s satisfaction. The size of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget, then, has become the critical issue as far as Irish farmers are concerned, writes Matt O’Keeffe.

A survey carried out among members of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) has revealed that more than half (51 per cent) of professionals working with the agri-food industry believe that Brexit could offer a positive opportunity for Ireland.

‘Making CAP 2020 work for you’ is the theme of an Irish Farmers' Association (IFA)-EU Commission Citizens’ Dialogue event to be held on April 20 in Kilkenny.