It appears rural development funding is set to be cut by the European Commission today.
Farmers are expecting bad news today when the European Commission announces a major overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Its expected to merge CAP into a super-fund along with other sectors, meaning agriculture will no longer have a ringfenced budget.
The IFA says it's potentially devastating coming alongside potential US tariffs.
President of the Irish Farmers Association, Ballinakill's Francie Gorman says it will impact farmers and consumers who buy their products:
The move will see the loss of rural development grants that Midlands MEP Ciaran Mullooly says will amount to real losses in CAP funding of 15 to 25%.
He says with the average age of farmers now nearly at 59, work needs to be done to support the sector:
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