Over €108 million in CAP payments were made to farmers or groups in Cavan and Monaghan last year.
€60.9 million of that was made of direct payments to 8,400 local farmers, with Monaghan having one of the lowest average payments in the country.
The Department of Agriculture has published new figures of all payments made under the Common Agricultural Policy in 2020.
€58.7 million was paid to Cavan farms, with the LCDC again getting the most at 1.8 million.
€34.1 million was made in direct payments in Cavan to 4,577 farms. B&L Farms (Unlimited) received €159,232, the largest direct payment in the region.
Monaghan received €49 million, Commercial Mushroom PRS Co-op received almost €4.6 million, the third highest benefactor in the country last year.
3,836 farmers in Monaghan shared €26.7 million in direct payments.
More than 122,000 farmers across the country received almost €1.2 billion under the CAP, with one Cork farmer receiving the highest single direct payment at €245,627
