February 22, 2024, Anna Maciejuk
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Corn subsidies for 2024 are the aid promised to farmers during Anna Gembicka’s meeting with farmers protesting at the border in Medyka last November. The European Commission recently approved this form of aid for farmers. When will it be possible to submit applications for corn subsidies?
Applications for 2024 corn subsidies can be submitted only until February 29 this year. The recruitment process has only just started, so there is little time to apply for this support. To improve the recruitment process, ARiMR extended the working hours of district offices.
Who can count on corn subsidies in 2024?
Financial assistance in the form of subsidies is addressed to Polish corn producers. It was introduced because 2023 was another very difficult season for corn producers. As indicated in the support project, purchasing entities are not interested in purchasing corn from farmers. And considering the high drying costs and the simultaneous lack of prospects for an increase in dry corn prices, they approach the transaction very carefully. This situation is the result of excessive grain imports from Ukraine to Poland. It’s mainly regarding corn from Ukraine. The flooding of the Polish market with Ukrainian goods has led to problems for both agricultural producers and purchasing entities.
In order for agricultural producers affected by this situation to receive aid, they must meet the following criteria:
- running a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise;
- submitting an application for subsidies for 2023 (demonstrating corn cultivation, excluding silage crops).
Corn subsidies 2024. What rates?
The amount of aid is the equivalent of the product of the corn cultivation area declared in the application for direct payments for 2023 (but not more than 100 ha) and the corn subsidy rate (depending on the region of the country). The aid rates for individual voivodeships are as follows:
- PLN 1,000/ha corn crops (excluding silage corn) in the voivodeships: Lublin Province i Podkarpackie;
- PLN 700/ha corn crops (excluding silage corn) in the voivodeships: Lesser Poland, Masovian Voivodeship, Świętokrzyskie i Podlasie;
- PLN 500/ha corn crops (excluding silage corn) in the voivodeships: Lower Silesia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Lubuskie, Łódź, Opole province, Pomeranian, Silesian, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Greater Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
It is true that the National Council of Agricultural Chambers requested the Ministry of Agriculture to introduce a uniform subsidy rate for corn producers throughout Poland. However, the Ministry of Agriculture supported the differentiation of rates. He explained this decision by the different costs associated with selling grain in different regions of the country.
When to submit applications for corn subsidies 2024?
The application process started on February 22. However, the acceptance of documents will last only until February 29, 2024. Applications for subsidies for maize 2024 will be accepted at the ARiMR offices:
- directly at the BP office,
- by post via the operator (e.g. Poczta Polska),
- via the ePUAP platform or the mObywatel service on the gov.pl website.
Moreover, there is no obligation to attach grain sales invoices to the application.
To streamline the receipt of applications, ARiMR offices will be open longer, and also on Saturday, February 24. The opening hours for visitors in the period February 22-29, 2024 are presented in the table below.
ARiMR working days
Application reception hours
Working days in the period February 22–28, 2024 07:00–18:00 Saturday, February 24, 2024 08:00–16:00 February 29, 2024 07:00–22:00 or until the last customer
In addition, special counters will be set up in the offices, intended exclusively for accepting applications for maize subsidies. Moreover, in order to streamline the recruitment process, ready-made application templates for download.
When will ARiMR pay the money?
The government has provided PLN 1 billion for corn subsidies in the state budget for 2024. Due to the difficult situation of agricultural producers, they hope for payment of the money as soon as possible. ARiMR has time to pay this aid until June 30 this year.
Find out what other subsidies farmers can apply for in the coming days.
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Source: Głos Wielkopolski, ARiMR
