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Heydon to fight to retain CAP payments for pensioners and part-time farmers

Minister Heydon is looking to build an alliance with other EU countries opposed to stopping CAP payments for farmers on pensions or those with part-time off-farm jobs.

NEWS 14 May 2026

Heydon to fight to retain CAP payments for pensioners and part-time farmers

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ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

NEWS 14 May 2026

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

NEWS 13 May 2026

Inside the Farmers Journal: are you an active farmer or actively farming?

Inside the Farmers Journal: are you an active farmer or actively farming?

Inside the Farmers Journal: are you an active farmer or actively farming?

NEWS 7 May 2026

Editorial: a choice of forming or farming in the next CAP

Editorial: a choice of forming or farming in the next CAP

Editorial: a choice of forming or farming in the next CAP

VIEWPOINTS 6 May 2026

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ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

Genuine working farmers would be hit if Commission plans to axe funding for part-time farmers

NEWS 11 February 2026

60,000 in CAP payment battle

60,000 in CAP payment battle

European Commission plans to restrict CAP funds to those earning a majority of their income from farming leaves 60,000 Irish farmers in limbo.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Next CAP has to reward the people doing the work – Gorman

Next CAP has to reward the people doing the work – Gorman

The IFA president told an Irish Farmers Journal meeting in Laois that he wants to see the people doing the work rewarded in the next CAP.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Armchair farmers in firing line

Armchair farmers in firing line

'Passive' landowners in the firing line in the next CAP.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Last few landowners are hard to shift

Last few landowners are hard to shift

The new Farm Sustainability Payment exists to support those who actively farm the land.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 February 2026

Editorial: important to get views across as deadline for CAP submissions looms

Editorial: important to get views across as deadline for CAP submissions looms

In an Irish context, this translates into a cut of over €300m per annum in the next CAP which will have severe consequences for many farms that rely heavily on support payments.

VIEWPOINTS 11 February 2026

Farmer views: 'if we lose the upland farmer we lose generations of knowledge'

Farmer views: 'if we lose the upland farmer we lose generations of knowledge'

Targeted research is needed in the uplands to support upland farmers and to support and encourage sustainable land management at farm level, farmers say.

NEWS 11 February 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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