Conclusions for granting subsidies The area of area and direct agriculture Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture has been accepted from March 15. Farmers They still have some time to submit them, because each institution will collect relevant documents and applications by May 15. Is it possible to submit an application after this date? We explain.
Can you submit an application for direct subsidies after the deadline? Yes, but there is a catch
It is worth remembering that although the application for subsidies should be submitted by May 15, all changes can be made until June 2, 2025. What if the basic application is submitted, e.g. on May 16, i.e. after the deadline? It turns out that the farmer may be late up to 15 calendar days, but in this case for each business day the delayed payment he will receive will be reduced by 1 percent. The Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture said that by April 4, 2025, 97,000 have already submitted applications. farmers.
What changes in direct payments 2025? You have to be aware of this
As explained by ARiMR Vice President Tomasz Nawrocki, the financial envelope will amount to 3.693 billion euro. – What exactly the amount in zlotys will we have, will be known at the end of Septemberwhen he is known course Exchange of euros with zlotys announced by the European Central Bank – he announced. For several years, applications for subsidies can be submitted via the Ewszykplus internet platform. In case of problems, ARMA employees will help in the correct submission of documents.
Although, as already mentioned, the actual amount of direct payments will be known only in autumn, experts revealed some details. – This year there have been several changes regarding both conditionality, direct subsidies and the ecoschematics themselves. Some of them can unfortunately adversely affect farmers' wallets – explained Kacper Bzura, a specialist from AGRAVES, quoted by Topagrar.pl.
– from 2025 the limit is 300 ha per farm and is the sum of all implemented area ecoschmatics, practices or variants, with This limit does not apply to ecoschhematic water retention. What's more, on the agricultural plot we can declare the implementation of no more than two ecoschmatics, their variants or practices this year – explained Daria Kosmala from Agraves. What about integrated plant production? It turns out that this year farmers can lose and this is not enough. – This year the ministry proposed three quota variants. For agricultural crops, the rate will be much lower and will be around 146 euros per hectare, i.e. around 600 PLN/ha. For comparison, in 2023 it was about PLN 1,300/ha, and a year ago about PLN 800/ha. In the case of blueberry and vegetable crops, this year's rate will be 309 euros, while in orchard it will be 342 euros – experts explained.
Other aspects regarding this year's fees have also changed. I am talking about:
- Scoring for internships;
- New restrictions on protecting peat bogs;
- Social conditionness;
- Biological protection of crops;
- Subsidies for eligible seed.