Corn subsidies – over PLN 670 million has already gone to nearly 161,000. farmers.
Maize subsidies are being paid. By April 4, nearly 161,000. farmers received over PLN 670 million. The call for applications was carried out from February 22 to 29, 2024, and over 172,000 applications were submitted. Since the resulting amount did not exceed the limit (PLN 1 billion), there will be no correction factor.
Help for whom?
This financial assistance was addressed to corn farmers at risk of losing financial liquidity due to restrictions on the agricultural market caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The condition for receiving support is meeting the criteria of a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise and submitting an application for direct subsidies for the previous year in which corn was cultivated. It was not required to attach documents confirming the sale of corn to the application.
How is the amount of support calculated?
The amount of subsidy is the product of the corn cultivation area (excluding maize for silage) of no more than 100 ha declared in the application for direct payments for 2023 and the aid rate amounting to:
- PLN 1,000 for the Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodeships;
- PLN 700 for the Lesser Poland, Masovian, Świętokrzyskie and Podlaskie voivodeships;
- PLN 500 for the Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lubusz, Łódź, Opole, Pomeranian, Silesian, Warmian-Masurian, Greater Poland and West Pomeranian voivodeships.
Due to the fact that the amount of aid demand resulting from the submitted applications did not exceed the pool of funds allocated for co-financing, there was no need to apply a fractional correction coefficient when calculating the amount of support.
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