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Farming Today: 25/01/2013

25/01/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 25/01/2013

Secretary of State Owen Paterson says MEPs' CAP reform proposals are a retrograde step.

Secretary of State Owen Paterson says MEPs' proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy are disappointing, retrograde and backward-looking.

Secretary of State Owen Paterson says MEPs' reform proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy are disappointing, retrograde and backward-looking. But the Chairman of the European Agriculture Committee claims they will bring more flexibility and less bureaucracy.

Both the environmental and farming lobbies have their own concerns about the proposals. The head of the European Farming Union, Copa Cogeca, thinks they don't go far enough to help farmers produce food. Meanwhile, Tony Long from the World Wildlife Fund tells Farming Today the proposals are confusing and don't do enough for the environment.

Presenter Charlotte Smith. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

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