Thursday, 3rd
May 2018
East Cork
With draft details
emerging as to the shape of the next CAP, IFA President Joe Healy said the Irish Government and Commissioner Ho- gan must be resolute and “fight like hell” to secure an increase in the CAP Budget as part of the MFF negotiations on the EU Budget in Brussels. He said leaks on the
CAP details cannot be allowed to distract from their obligation to deliver on the CAP budget. Speaking at the recent
IFA-EU Commission civil dialogue event at- tended by 700 farmers in
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IFA Says Government And Commissioner Hogan Must Be Resolute As Details Of Cap 2020 Emerge
Kilkenny, Joe Healy de- livered a strong message to Commissioner Hogan: “As Commissioner, your job is to fight like hell for an increase in the CAP Budget. And you cannot accept anything less in Brussels”. Joe Healy said this is
the biggest challenge Commissioner Hogan will face in Brussels and the outcome will have a major impact in Ireland, “Irish farmers are
de-
pending on the Commis- sioner to deliver.” IFA has always been
clear that direct payment should go to active farm-
Flexibility On Reference Numbers Required Under Sheep Welfare Scheme
ICSA sheep chairman
John Brooks has called on the Department of Agri- culture to allow flexibility with
the Sheep Welfare
Scheme where farmers have to go below their ref- erence number between now and September. Mr Brooks said, “Fodder and cashflow difficulties have come together this year and many sheep farm- ers have been placed in a catch 22 situation in that if they sell stock they risk defaulting on the terms of the scheme.” Continuing Mr Brooks said, “ICSA has always been of the
belief that
normal trading practices were being curtailed by the scheme. We believe
that farmers should be allowed to sell cull and unproductive ewes in line with normal trade at this time of the year and bring their numbers back up by September. This would make sense in any year, but particularly this year when fodder supplies are not there and cashflow is a big issue.” “Flexibility
ers based on objective cri- teria around agricultural production, the farmer’s contribution to the econ- omy, labour input and the provision of public goods. He said the proposals in the CAP details around a genuine farmer are a move in this direction. In relation to new rules
and requirements to se- cure direct payments, IFA President Joe Healy reminded Commission- er Hogan that he must deliver on his political commitment on simpli- fication and this must be to the forefront of a new CAP.
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IFA Position On 0% Vat For Vaccines Recognised By EU Commission
IFA Animal Health Chairman Pat
Farrell
has welcomed the an- nouncement that the EU Commission has recognised the merits of the case put forward by IFA to reduce the VAT rate on vaccines by working on plans to allow Member States to reduce the rate of VAT to 0%. He said that currently
the VAT rate applied in Ireland is 23%. With farmers spending in the
ICSA Calls For Extension To Bps Application Deadline Following Clearance From Commissioner Hogan
ICSA president Patrick
Kent has called on Minis- ter Michael Creed to ex- tend the deadline for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications following a statement from Commis- sioner Phil Hogan today. The
Commissioner has of up to
20% would be required to buffer sheep farmers. This would remove the unreal- istic requirement to hold onto unproductive ewes and allow them to trade normally. It would also remove the risk of a ewe tsunami and depressed prices towards the end of the year.”
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agreed that EU countries who wish to extend the 15 May deadline may now do so, following requests from a number of member states. Responding, Mr Kent
said “In light of the chang- es to the application pro- cess this year, whereby all BPS and Transfer of Entitlement requests must be made online, an exten- sion makes perfect sense. Applying online may not be
that straightforward
for many, especially older farmers and those with
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poor or no internet con- nectivity, so there needs to be as much flexibility as possible given.” Continuing Mr Kent said, “ICSA is aware of the huge efforts put in by the Department of Agri- culture on this issue and that BPS clinics have been organised throughout the country. However, 2018 has been an exceptionally difficult year for farming with the extended
win-
ter and fodder shortages. Farmers have had a lot to contend with and many are way behind schedule at this point. The choice is there now for Minister Creed to extend the dead- line to June 15 and I would urge him to avail of that. It is imperative that no one gets left behind during this transition.”
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region of €40m annual- ly on vaccines alone, this could result in savings of up to €10m for farmers. Pat Farrell said “IFA
has actively campaigned for this approach for a number of years in or- der to reduce the cost of vaccines for farmers; and to provide
some
of the tools necessary to reduce dependence on antibiotics on farms and help in promoting the ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ approach”.
Pat Farrell said farm-
ers spend in excess of €135m annually on vet- erinary medicinal prod- ucts and the clarification provided in relation to all veterinary medicines that the VAT rate can be reduced from the current 23% to 5% will significantly reduce this cost for farmers. The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed must en- sure this is applied at the earliest possible date, he said.
Sheep Trade Remains Strong - IFA
Cork farmer and Chair-
man of the IFA National Sheep Committee, Sean Dennehy, said the sheep trade remains strong with hoggets making €6.40 to tops of €6.50/kg. He said farmers should
bargain hard as numbers are scarce, especially qual- ity stock. He added that farmers
should continue to move stock as they become fit. On spring lambs, he said €7.00/kg was the general price with some top prices of €7.20/kg paid. Ewes are making €3.25 to €3.45 tops with the gen- eral run at €3.30 to €3.35/ kg.
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