Record-breaking agricultural subsidies strengthen Hungarian farmers

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András Tállai highlighted that the year 2025 presented Hungarian agriculture with serious challenges, but at the same time, thanks to the government’s quick and targeted measures, the stability of the sector was maintained. He said that the amount of agricultural and rural development payments reached 1,509 billion forints in 2025. Within the framework of the Rural Development Program, which has been operating since 2014, almost 3,000 billion forints of support was provided to the Hungarian countryside and around 394 thousand investments were implemented. In Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, a total of 29,170 projects were paid, amounting to approximately HUF 228 billion. The State Secretary highlighted that the CAP Strategic Plan launched in 2024 provides more than HUF 5,650 billion in resources until 2027, of which approximately HUF 3,150 billion, or 55%, will be allocated for agricultural and rural development purposes. More than HUF 441 billion was allocated for the complex development of processing plants, while HUF 39.7 billion was allocated for smaller-scale investments, HUF 67.7 billion for the renewal of livestock farms, HUF 72.29 billion for horticultural developments, HUF 9.67 billion for plantations and medicinal herb cultivation, and HUF 2.1 billion for the support of small ornamental gardening businesses. András Tállai stressed in relation to the Mercosur agreement that the free trade agreement between the European Union and South American countries could pose a serious competitive disadvantage for Hungarian farmers. Without appropriate safeguards, the agreement could endanger the market positions of the domestic meat, sugar and honey sectors, and is also contrary to Hungary’s GMO-free agricultural strategy. The national government, as it has done in the past decade and a half, will continue to do everything in the future to ensure that the livelihood of Hungarian farmers and the supply of quality food to the Hungarian people are never compromised. With the subsidies, we are strengthening competitiveness, the development of rural areas and the security of domestic food supply, the State Secretary said.

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