Ministry of Agriculture encourages farmers to report frost damage

By: STA Date: 2025. 04. 09. 10:00

The agricultural damage mitigation system creates an opportunity to partially mitigate the damage caused by spring frost. It is definitely worth it for farmers affected by spring frost damage to file an electronic damage report with the agricultural damage assessment body, the county government office, because this is necessary so that – if the other support conditions are met – the producers can receive compensation for the damage later. In order to be eligible for damage mitigation benefits, the agricultural producer must act carefully when reporting the damage – the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) warned in its statement on Wednesday.

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Spring frost occurs when the temperature at the risk location is minus 2 degrees Celsius or lower, measured at a height of two meters above ground level. The producer can find out about this on the HungaroMet website – the AM explained. The Ministry highlighted that the damage notification must be made within fifteen days of the occurrence of the agricultural damage event in the standard case. Since the deadline for the notification falls within the period of submission of the single application, the notification deadline is extended to 31 May 2025 at the latest. In the case of spring frost causing a decrease in yield, the occurrence of the agricultural damage event should be considered the time when the frost occurs in the area affected by the damage. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture draws the attention of agricultural producers to the fact that the existence of agricultural insurance or membership in the crisis insurance system plays an important role in determining the amount of damage mitigation benefits, since in this case the producer is entitled to maximum damage mitigation. When determining the amount of the damage mitigation benefit, the agricultural insurance that was concluded before the first damage event occurred can be accepted. Therefore, everyone is advised to take out the necessary crop insurance on time, for which the state also provides a significant subsidy – warns the Ministry of Agriculture.

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