At last, there are some good and sure news for farmers! The European Commission has approved the Polish scheme worth 836 million euros (3.9 billion zlotys) designed to support the agricultural sector in the context of the Russian invasion on Ukraine. We finally have formal approval of subsidies for fertilisers!

This is the information we got “from the field”. Every farmer has probably already heard that VAT on fertilisers is being abolished for six months. Over time, it also turned out that the zero VAT rate would apply to crop protection agents and cereals, among other things. Now we have found out it will also apply to seed grain. However, even though the zero VAT rate comes into force tomorrow, i.e. 1 February, very little about the new regulations is known to the industry itself.

Receipt of applications for the 1st stage of the AgroEnergia 2021 programme will begin on 1 October 2021. Farmers who will receive the subsidy will be able to use it to install a photovoltaic or wind system, including energy storage, as well as a heat pump. What conditions have to be met?