The Polish government has announced a plan to assist farmers impacted by the war in Ukraine and remove surplus grain from the domestic market.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Jan Grabiec, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that Polish farmers had been affected by “the wide opening of customs borders, EU borders, Polish borders, the influx of excessive amounts of grain from Ukraine and the destabilization of the Polish market.”
The new measures, he said, “would shield farmers from the effects of these negative changes and serve to ensure that the excess grain that is still held in warehouses and on Polish farms… is exported before the next harvest.”
The benefits, he continued, would be seen over the coming weeks and months.
Under this new regulation, farmers who sold grain between January 1st and March 10th would be eligible for a subsidy of PLN 200 (EUR 46) per tonne; additionally, those who sold grain from between March 11th and the end of this coming May would additionally receive PLN 300 (EUR 69) per tonne.
According to Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski, earlier announcements concerning grain subsidies have already helped accelerate sales and export figures in April."There is hope that we will be able to empty warehouses sufficiently before the harvest," he told a press conference.
The plan will be financed by a relief fund set up as a consequence of the war in Ukraine. As things stand, Polish farmers have continued to protest against the EU’s “green deal” as well as the mass influx of cheaper goods from Ukraine.
The new measures, he said, “would shield farmers from the effects of these negative changes and serve to ensure that the excess grain that is still held in warehouses and on Polish farms… is exported before the next harvest.”
The benefits, he continued, would be seen over the coming weeks and months.
Under this new regulation, farmers who sold grain between January 1st and March 10th would be eligible for a subsidy of PLN 200 (EUR 46) per tonne; additionally, those who sold grain from between March 11th and the end of this coming May would additionally receive PLN 300 (EUR 69) per tonne.
According to Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski, earlier announcements concerning grain subsidies have already helped accelerate sales and export figures in April."There is hope that we will be able to empty warehouses sufficiently before the harvest," he told a press conference.
The plan will be financed by a relief fund set up as a consequence of the war in Ukraine. As things stand, Polish farmers have continued to protest against the EU’s “green deal” as well as the mass influx of cheaper goods from Ukraine.
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