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The Estonian authority to disburse EUR 123.7 mln in farm subsidies in December
Decisions concerning seven kinds of payments will be made by Dec. 11 and
the subsidies are to be paid out during December, PRIA said on Friday.
The full amount of direct payments, 123.7 million euros, is financed by the
European Union. This includes 80 million euros in single area payments,
corresponding to a unit rate of 83.71 euros per hectare.
Financing for practices that benefit the environment and the climate, or
greening, amounts to 37.1 million euros or 38.81 euros per hectare.
Aid for young farmers amounts to 408,000 euros or 20.92 euros per hectare.
The size of the budget of direct support for fruit and vegetable
cultivation is 544,800 euros and the unit rate 305.31 euros per hectare.
Support for dairy cow breeding amounts to 5.6 million euros or 222.62 euros
per dairy cow.
The sum total of the subsidies to be paid out to farmers in December is
bigger by approximately 15 million euros than last year.
On top of the aforementioned amounts, PRIA will pay out transitional
support financed by the Estonian government.