The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Czesław Siekierski, announced the amount of the budget allocated for agriculture for the coming year.
We know the budget amount for 2025!
In the draft budget act for 2025 adopted by the Council of Ministers, the planned expenditure of the state budget and the budget of European funds for agriculture, rural development, agricultural markets, fisheries, including KRUS, amounts to PLN 85 billion, which means an increase of almost 9% compared to the budget act for 2024 – he said.
According to the ministry, the higher budget amount is mainly due to the increase in farmers' pensions and retirement benefits.
7 billion in aid in 2024
The ministry also reported on payments from the national budget this year. According to the minister, PLN 7 billion has been allocated to aid for farmers in 2024. The funds were allocated for:
- aid for producers of wheat, rye, barley, triticale or cereal mixtures – PLN 2.1 billion;
- aid program for corn producers – PLN 720 million;
- aid for agricultural producers whose farms suffered damage caused by adverse weather conditions in 2023, including droughts – PLN 1 billion;
- refund of excise tax included in the price of diesel oil used for agricultural production – PLN 1.65 billion;
In addition, agricultural producers can benefit from 2% liquidity loans. The credit limit is PLN 5.4 billion
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