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The Government makes a new payment of more than 3.5 million euros to farmers in Extremadura for extraordinary aid due to drought and war in Ukraine

12/04/2024

● The Autonomous Communities will receive in this third payment a total of more than 9 million euros for 1,411 livestock farms. ● A total of 352 million euros have been granted to 73,369 livestock breeders of this extraordinary aid, financed exclusively from the General State Budgets. ● The amount of this new payment will be entered into the accounts of the beneficiaries during the month of April.

The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has published a third list of beneficiaries of extraordinary aid to compensate for the difficulties arising from the drought and war in Ukraine, which includes 297 livestock farms in Extremadura that will receive 3,508,439 euros. In total, the autonomous communities will receive 9,059,896 euros for 1,411 farms.

With this new payment, the extraordinary aid to farmers in Extremadura amounts to a total of 106.4 million euros for 11,050 farms affected by drought or the consequences of the war in Ukraine.

This payment is in addition to those already made in the months of October and November 2023, which already total an amount paid of 352 million euros, distributed among 73,369 livestock beneficiaries from all the autonomous communities, which represents 99% of the total initial budget of 355 million euros.

This extraordinary aid was approved by the Government through Royal Decree-Law 4/2023, of May 11, and is financed exclusively with funds from the General State Budgets.

The list of beneficiaries of livestock farms, the number of heads of livestock computed and the amount of aid to be received is available for consultation at the electronic headquarters of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA).

Income will become effective during the month of April

The resolution published today includes the owners of livestock farms who presented claims to the provisional resolutions of the months of July and October and that, due to their complexity, had to be studied by the autonomous communities. Once analyzed, verifying compliance with the requirements of the aid and that the holders are aware of their tax obligations and with Social Security, the payment resolution is published. The aid will be entered into the farmers’ bank accounts during this month of April.

The resolution also lists the holders who have been denied aid because they do not meet the established requirements.

Holders of livestock farms who are not aware of tax and social security obligations have a period of one month to catch up. After this period, a new verification will be carried out and a new concession resolution will be published to the holders who meet the requirements.

More information on this support line can be found on the EAGGF website.