Farming families have been urged to support the Amsterdam Treaty by the IFA leader, Mr Tom Parlon.
In a weekend statement, Mr Parlon said there was no direct link between the Amsterdam Treaty and the commission on Common Agriculture Policy reform or the proposals on structural funding.
Mr Parlon, who is campaigning against the CAP reform proposals and the ending of structural funding, which he claims will cost farmers £250 million, added that the single currency programme is not part of the Amsterdam Treaty.
"While many farmers are very concerned about the recent CAP Reform 11 proposals, no useful purpose would be served by voting against the Amsterdam Treaty on that basis.
"In the IFA we have a long tradition of fighting for and defending our interests in Europe. We do this through political activity, arguing the merits of our case and by forming alliances with similar interests in other EU countries.
"We will continue to pursue this approach. I believe we can achieve far greater results as full members of the first division team. There is no room for the Irish or Irish farmers to be branded equivocal Europeans."
Mr Parlon said that the Amsterdam Treaty was conceived to make "Europe" more relevant in people's lives and to give the EU a larger role in practical issues such as unemployment, equality and the fight against crime.
On neutrality, Mr Parlon said the provisions of the treaty on security policy did not affect Ireland's neutrality. It did not provide for a mutual defence force commitment.
Further enlargement of the EU to the east was a major challenge for the EU's decision-making process.
Mr Parlon said that the prosperity of the Irish economy and the well-being of the 150,000 farm families were inextricably linked to Ireland's membership of the European Union.