Support for breeders in Slovenia, reduction of sheep and goats are requested by industries in Greece

Published 2023년 8월 21일

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The Slovenian government is seeking financial support from the Commission to assist its livestock farmers who have experienced significant economic disruption due to rising costs of electricity, animal feed, and fuel. The country has seen a decrease in livestock production income from April 2022 to April 2023 due to increased production costs. In Greece, there has been a reduction in mixed livestock holdings and the dairy industry is pushing for a price reduction, causing concerns for sheep and goat farmers who are seeking support from the Ministry of Agriculture.

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The Slovenian government is asking the Commission for financial support for the country's livestock farmers. The support aims to restore the severe disruption of the economy caused by the current crisis due to the increase in the price of electricity, animal feed and fuel, with a strong impact on the livestock sector, with large losses of income and seriously jeopardizing their economic sustainability. In fact, it calculates that due to an increase in production costs, from April 2022 to April 2023, livestock production had a decrease in income: As Slovenia states in the notification text to the EU, "in order to support primary production and to continue to exist the livestock industry has decided to boost livestock production with the following amounts: Read the relevant text (here) The livestock breeder and technical adviser of the SEK, Thomas Moschos, reports to AgroTypos that "Slovenia is asking for financial support for livestock breeders in 2022 and 2023. Greece gave aid for ...

Source: Agrotypos