Ciaran Mullooly believes it will help older farmers affected by proposed CAP reforms.
A Midlands MEP is warning older farmers will be forced into retirement under new proposals in the reformed Common Agriculture Policy.
Independent rep Ciaran Mullooly believes over three thousand farmers in the region may be forced out of farming upon reaching the State Pension age of 66.
He wants to see the introduction of a well-funded retirement scheme for farmers along the lines of 'Early Farm Retirement Scheme' of the 90s.
Mr Mullooly says farmers need to be allowed to transfer their farms in their own time:
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