Pensioner farmers' direct payments may be spared in latest CAP proposals
Under the latest version of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposals, farmers who receive a pension could keep their direct payments. The European Commission's original plans would have removed them by 2032 at the latest.
Farmers who receive a pension could keep their direct payments under the latest version of proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Union's farm support system. The Irish farming news site Agriland reports the change.
What was planned originally
In the initial plans put forward by the European Commission in summer 2025, farmers receiving a pension would have lost their direct payments by 2032 at the latest.
What has changed
According to the source, the newest version of the proposals could spare pensioners from that restriction. The available text gives no further detail on how the rule would be altered, what conditions might apply, or when the proposals will be finalised.
