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Sheep-goat premium
Service Description
Livestock farmers who manage biotope grassland in Thuringia can receive support through the sheep-goat premium. Sheep and goats are important "landscape managers on four legs". Through grazing, valuable open land habitats are preserved for animals and plants. The sheep-goat premium is intended to help counteract the decline in sheep and goat populations in Thuringia.
The sheep-goat premium can be applied for from 2019 to 2021.
Process flow
Applications can be submitted annually until 31.03.
Important information, application documents and forms can be found here:
https://umwelt.thueringen.de/themen/natur-artenschutz/foerderung/
There are two different application forms:
- an application form for farmers and agricultural enterprises (participants in IACS) and
- a form for private livestock farmers (not participants in IACS).
If you meet the requirements of the sheep-goat premium, you will receive a grant notice with information on the payment procedure.
The sheep-goat premium will be paid in the years 2019 to 2021.
Who should I contact?
The granting authority is the Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN) Department 33 (Tel.: 0361 57 3943 810).
Competent authority
Thuringian State Agency for Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN)
Department 33 - Landscape conservation, nature conservation promotion
Harry-Graf-Kessler-Strasse 1
99423 Weimar
Phone: +49 361 57 3943 042
Fax: +49 361 57 3943 890
Requirements
If you keep at least 20 sheep and/or goats, you can apply.
Your animals must:
- Be over nine months old by the January 3 cutoff date,
- be kept on your farm from April 1 to at least September 15 (keeping period),
- graze on your grassland in Thuringia during the grazing season. Animals that are kept indoors all year round are excluded from the subsidy.
The premium is only granted to livestock farmers whose Thuringian grassland areas have at least 10 % of their land in the setts for biotope grassland. Biotope grassland is defined as all areas that are located in a set for which an application for KULAP G2-G6 is possible. An actual KULAP application of the areas is not required for the proof as biotope grassland. You can find out from the Lower Nature Conservation Authority whether your areas are within the backdrop for biotope grassland.
Which documents are required?
Important information, application documents and forms can be found here:
https://umwelt.thueringen.de/themen/natur-artenschutz/foerderung/
Application form
- De minimis declaration (form attachment 1)
- Proof of livestock: Copy of the animal health insurance certificate for the year of application and the previous year.
- Evidence of managed grassland: A list of the evidence to be submitted can be found in the application. A leaflet provides further information on the proof of grassland.
The procedure for payment and proof of use is regulated in the notice of approval.
What are the fees?
none
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The sheep-goat premium can be applied for annually by March 31 from 2019 to 2021. Payment is made annually by the end of October.
The sheep-goat premium can be applied for the last time by 31.03.2021, as the subsidy ends in 2021.
What else should I know?
The sheep-goat premium is granted as agricultural de minimis aid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013, as amended. Due to the applicable threshold for agricultural de minimis aid and corresponding regulations of the funding guideline, livestock farmers can currently receive up to € 6,666 per year sheep-goat premium.
Supporting institutions
If you have any questions, you can contact the granting authority as well as your lower nature conservation authority or Natura 2000 station
(https://umwelt.thueringen.de/themen/natur-artenschutz/natura-2000/ ).
Comments
Other subsidies that may be of interest to sheep and goat farmers are:
- Directive wolf-lynx - prevention
- Guideline wolf-lynx - compensation
further subsidies for landscape conservation
https://umwelt.thueringen.de/themen/natur-artenschutz/foerderung/
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation
Professionally released on
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Competent Authority
Thüringer Landesamt Umwelt, Bergbau und Naturschutz - Naturschutz
Address
99423 Weimar
