Nearly 70,300 farmers will receive more than €332 million in October from extraordinary drought aid

• A total of 70,267 beef, sheep and goat farmers and dairy farmers will benefit from the payment of this support line • The beneficiary farmers are those who were included in the provisional resolutions of July, who are aware of their tax and social security obligations, and who have not submitted substantial claims • This extraordinary State aid falls within the framework of Royal Decree-Law 4/2023 of 11 May, and aims to compensate for the losses and increase in production costs caused by the war in Ukraine and the shortage of rainfall in certain areas

October 3, 2023.- The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published the final list of the 70,267 holders of livestock farms who will receive the extraordinary aid to compensate the situation due to the drought and the conditions arising from the war in Ukraine, for an amount of 332.3 million euros. The aid will be entered into the farmers’ bank accounts in the month of October.

This figure represents 94% of the total budget allocated to this support line, 355 million euros. This aid was approved by the Government through Royal Decree-Law 4/2023 of 11 May, which adopts urgent agrarian and water measures in response to drought and worsening conditions in the primary sector resulting from the war in Ukraine and weather conditions.

This extraordinary aid is granted ex officio to its beneficiaries, producers of beef (suckler cows), sheep and goat, as well as milk from cows, sheep and goats, who have been beneficiaries of aid associated with livestock farming on the basis of the single application for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aid for the 2022 marketing year; and who were owners of farms registered on 30 April 2023. The aid is granted when the amount to be received is equal to or greater than 200 euros.

In the July resolution, based on the provisional data of eligible livestock farms and the number of animals eligible for this aid, and in order to avoid exceeding the maximum estimated amount by species and productive orientation, a linear adjustment of the unit amounts per head was made for the areas with high drought conditions indicated in the Royal Decree-Law, in such a way that the following were established:

• Beef Cow (Suckler): 143.48 euros
• Sheep and goat of meat: 15.89 euros
• Cow of milk: 52.12 euros
• Sheep and goat of milk: 8.66 euros

Farms that have most of their potentially eligible animals in the 2022 season in the autonomous communities established as areas with medium drought conditions will receive 50% of the expected amounts for each species and productive orientation, while farms with moderate conditions will receive 25%.

For cow’s milk producers, a maximum of 725 eligible animals per beneficiary is established. Producers of suckler cows will receive 100% of the unit amount for the first 250 cows, and 50% for the rest of the census. Sheep and goat producers will receive 100% of the respective amounts for the first 2,000 animals, and 50% for the rest of their eligible livestock.

After the deadline for the submission of claims to the provisional resolutions of 4 and 21 July, a group of beneficiaries has been established who have not exercised the power to reject the aid or did not submit claims, or if they did not require a detailed analysis of them. Once it has been verified that they are aware of their tax obligations and with Social Security, they have been granted the aid.

On the bulletin board of the electronic headquarters of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA), the list of livestock farmers, the number of head of livestock computed and the amount of aid to be received can be consulted.

The number of holders of livestock farms and the total amounts per autonomous community granted by this resolution are as follows:

CCAA regional	No. headlines	Amount (€)
Andalucia	9.097	59,156,868
Aragon	2,542	22.896.247
Asturias	5,600	5.460.403
Balearic Islands	935	693,291
Canaries	518	479,729
Cantabria	3.510	4.072.144
Castile La Mancha	4.125	36,559,468
Castile and Leon	12.698	55,989,953
Catalonia	2,380	16.679.436
Extremadura	10,469	99.861.181
Galicia	12.152	9,820,986
Community of Madrid	864	2,769,276
Region of Murcia	615	5,560,187
C Foral de Navarra	1.623	4.828.997
Basque Country	2.231	1.945.304
La Rioja	298	1,639,715
Valencian Community	610	3,902,476
NATIONAL TOTAL	70,267	332.315.661

The resolution, published yesterday, October 2, also includes those holders who have not been paid because they have been detected that they are not aware of their tax obligations or with Social Security. Within a maximum period of one month from the publication of the resolution, a second check will be carried out to verify whether they have corrected this aspect, and those who have done so will be able to receive the aid.

In the case of owners who have submitted claims on aspects related to the area of affection, owners of the farm or number of animals, these will be sent to the autonomous communities for their analysis. They will then be resolved and, if appropriate, the corresponding aid will be paid.

In this link Further information on this aid is available on the EAGGF website.