Complex support program helps livestock farms affected by foot-and-mouth disease

By: STA Date: 2025. 07. 24. 09:30

By developing a complex support program, the Ministry of Agriculture is helping livestock farms affected by foot-and-mouth disease restart and maintain their activities. The scheme consists of additional elements in addition to compensation claims, according to the draft AM decree submitted for public consultation.

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The government’s priority goal is to compensate affected farmers after the foot-and-mouth disease virus is stopped and to encourage them to strive to replace livestock forced to be killed due to the disease and to continue their livestock farming activities. To this end, the Ministry of Agriculture is creating the rules for subsidies related to the resettlement of farmers’ livestock and the epidemiological development of livestock farms.

In addition to compensation, the support scheme will also include additional elements

In order to avoid infections, a non-refundable grant of up to HUF 50 million can be requested for the development of disease control on farms. The draft, which is under social consultation, also includes a heifer rearing subsidy. The state will also assume the salaries of employees employed on the affected farms thanks to the Wage Guarantee Fund. The Agrár Széchenyi Kártya loan program also provides targeted financial assistance to livestock keepers affected by the epidemic situation.