Croatia will finally start using EU funding from the Animal Welfare measure, which will be increased by 130 million kuna this year, the Jutarnji List daily said on Thursday.

In 2021, 220 million kuna will be paid to 1,700 users, and in 2020 some 90 million kuna was disbursed.

The measure has been used for years by Croatia’s competing countries, and it is an additional source of income to many meat, milk and eggs producers, whom it helped overcome numerous crises and problems.

Following negotiations with the European Commission, it was agreed to increase the average support for welfare in cattle breeding by 187%, in pig breeding by 235%, in poultry breeding by 188%, in goat breeding by 125% and in sheep breeding by 127%.

In addition, a new 92 million kuna operation for encouraging the use of livestock manures on arable land was negotiated. It was approved because of the devastating data on humus content in our soil due to intensive field production, and it is expected that support will amount to €215 per hectare.

President of the Croatiastocar cattle farmers association, Branko Bobetic, said that the new measures for this your would enable a larger number of applications, adding that farmers could get €10 to €250 per head.

(€1 = 7.48 kuna)