CAP Budget

Inside the Farmers Journal: CAP cuts laid bare, US elections and TB threat

How the CAP cuts could affect your farm payment, the results of the US mid-term elections and their impact on Irish farming, plus TB in Wicklow all feature on this week’s show.

NEWS 5 November 2026

Inside the Farmers Journal: CAP cuts laid bare, US elections and TB threat

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COPA and IFA presidents seek €500bn CAP budget in meeting with Taoiseach

COPA and IFA presidents seek €500bn CAP budget in meeting with Taoiseach

NEWS 5 November 2026

Comment: Hobson’s choice for Heydon on CAP

Comment: Hobson’s choice for Heydon on CAP

OPINION 5 November 2026

How could the next CAP hit your farm payments?

How could the next CAP hit your farm payments?

How could the next CAP hit your farm payments?

NEWS 4 November 2026

ANC fears the first of many

ANC fears the first of many

ANC fears the first of many

DEALER 4 November 2026

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Government will be graded on CAP - Macra

Government will be graded on CAP - Macra

The Taoiseach says the Irish presidency must agree a budget for Europe, and that while Ireland would like a bigger CAP, the Frugals hold sway

NEWS 29 October 2026

Opinion: cuts to the CAP budget pose a real threat to European agriculture

Opinion: cuts to the CAP budget pose a real threat to European agriculture

Former European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski slams CAP cuts and says Irish presidency has not put forward any proposal to increase budget.

OPINION 29 October 2026

'This CAP is one of the biggest battles Irish farmers have ever had'

'This CAP is one of the biggest battles Irish farmers have ever had'

Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal at the IFA's CAP lobby event, Ministers and TDs spoke of their concerns around the impact of a reduced CAP budget and what negotiators need to bring to Brussels.

NEWS 28 October 2026

Crop and disease insurance included in new CAP

Crop and disease insurance included in new CAP

Risk management and crisis support will be significantly elevated in the next CAP, although it looks like individual member state governments will be left paying for such schemes

NEWS 28 October 2026

CAP agreement will be hollow without increased budget, IFA warns

CAP agreement will be hollow without increased budget, IFA warns

EU agricultural ministers agreed what the next CAP will look like under the chair of Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon on Monday.

NEWS 27 October 2026

Government needs to 'wake up' - Macra president

Government needs to 'wake up' - Macra president

Josephine O'Neill said generational renewal is "little more than tokenistic political ambition", while the Taoiseach stressed the importance of an EU budget agreement under the Irish presidency.

NEWS 24 October 2026

CAP cut would affect every farmer and leave food security on tenterhooks - IFA

CAP cut would affect every farmer and leave food security on tenterhooks - IFA

Job losses, food insecurity and an unattractive sector for the next generation were cited as some of the impacts the cut to the CAP agricultural budget will have on Ireland.

NEWS 22 October 2026

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