MR: subsidies to pigs and cows this year, if the EC agrees

If the European Commission agrees, cows and pig farmers will receive subsidies this year, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, Minister of Agriculture announced.
The support for farmers in the amount of "at least PLN 100 for each porker and PLN 500 for each cow" was announced by PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczynski.
Regardless of these efforts, Poland will seek subsidies for pigs and cows from the Rural Development Programmes after 2020, during talks on the future shape of the common agricultural policy. The problem is that the entire EU budget for agriculture in the EC proposal is set to be much smaller than the current one.

(PAP)