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The news that Iceland is to hold a referendum on joining the EU in August reminds us that, apart from fisheries, agriculture is likely to be one of the most difficult topics in any negotiations. Iceland has a producer subsidy equivalent three times the OECD average and farmers on average receive nearly half their income from the state.
It is a small and shri...
Professor Alan Matthews writes:'The likely size of the CAP budget in the next programming period 2028-2034 has been highly contentious since the publication of the Commission’s MFF proposal last July. Among agricultural stakeholders, the AGRI Committee in the Parliament, and the AGRIFISH Council, the amount available for the CAP under its two Pillars in the current programmin...
Just before Christmas, Dutch farmers received long-feared news from Brussels: they would have to drastically cut the amount of manure they put on their land because too much nitrogen was leaching into watercourses, damaging local wildlife.
The disposal of animal excrement has convulsed Dutch politics for years. When the government tried to compulsorily buy out livesto...
Interesting blog post recommended by Professor Alan Matthews: https://capreform.eu/institutional-reform-will-shape-the-next-cap/
This authoritative post is well worth reading in its entirety. The conclusion is: 'We can expect the ...