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Divided, farmers are weakened

Coupled suckler payment raises hackles at IFA CAP meeting

SHARING OPTIONS: Flor MacCarthy expressed his view that suckler and sheep farmers had been let down by the IFA, saying: “You’ve hung us out to dry.” \ Philip Doyle A row broke out at the Munster regional IFA online meeting between president Tim Cullinan and hill chair Flor McCarthy over coupled payments for sheep and sucklers on Tuesday night. Despite assurances that the IFA was seeking a €300/cow and €30/ewe payment in the next Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), McCarthy said that he wanted this money guaranteed from Pillar I funding. He expressed his view that suckler and sheep farmers had been let down, saying: “You’ve hung us out to dry.”

Maximum flexibility urged for Wild Atlantic Nature Project

May 20, 2021 4:01 pm The new Wild Atlantic Nature Project “has to give farmers maximum flexibility” to be a success, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). An IFA delegation – including IFA Rural Development chairman Michael Biggins, IFA Hill chairman Flor McCarthy, Mayo IFA Hill rep Pat Chambers and Mayo IFA chairman Jarlath Walsh – held a meeting with the project organisers earlier this week. An outdoor hill assessment meeting was held in Mayo, the organisation said. The Wild Atlantic Nature Project is focused primarily on the blanket bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and associated lands from Galway Bay up to north Donegal.

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