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The Government begins today the payment of more than 528,000 euros in direct aid to farmers and ranchers in the Community of Madrid affected by the great forest fires

03/12/2025
  • This extraordinary grant has two lines of support
  • The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will pay in total more than 27.8 million euros in direct aid to the 9,679 farmers and ranchers throughout Spain affected by the major forest fires.
  • Beneficiaries of this extraordinary grant will receive on their mobile phone a message with the notification of the entry of the aid into the account of their financial institution
  • The Government has today initiated the payment of about 528,000 euros to farmers and ranchers in the Community of Madrid affected by the major fires that occurred this summer.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will begin today to pay the more than 27.8 million euros in direct aid to 9,679 farmers and ranchers throughout Spain. The beneficiaries will receive through their mobile phone the notification of the entry of the aid into the account of their financial institution.

This direct aid to 9,679 farmers and ranchers comprises two lines: compensation for loss of income on the affected farms and additional support for the cost of agricultural insurance for policyholders. All information relating to these grants is available on the Ministry ' s website.

The objective of this support is that they can cope with the expenses and losses arising from the fires, regardless of the indemnities of their insurance. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food thus fulfils the commitment made by Minister Luis Planas that the people affected would receive these subsidies before the end of the year.

Distribution of aid

The bulk of the aid, 21.5 million euros, will be received by 3,446 affected, to compensate for the loss of income; from this item, more than 520,900 euros are for the Community of Madrid. The other 6.3 million euros correspond to the increase in the subsidy for the contracting of agricultural insurance, up to 70% of the cost of the policy, and will be received by 6,647 owners of farms who will be covered by part of the cost of their agricultural insurance; more than 7,800 euros of this aid are for the Community of Madrid.

The total number of unique beneficiaries – some farmers will receive the two aid lines – amounts to 9,679 farmers and ranchers.

Young farmers and breeders located in the affected areas, who have started their activity in 2025 and have submitted for the first time the single application of the Common Agricultural Policy in this campaign will be entitled to a fixed aid of EUR 1,500.