Funding of measures to improve the health and resilience of agricultural livestock
Grants for breeding associations and control organizations in Brandenburg for data collection and evaluation in the breeding program of dairy cows, sows, fattening pigs, and other livestock. Applications possible annually until November 30.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Collection and analysis of data to improve health and robustness in dairy cows, sows, and fattening pigs, as well as genotype information and health monitoring in female cattle within the framework of breeding programs.
Eligible expenses
- Costs for data collection and data analysis on health and robustness traits
- Collection of genotype information
- Data collection for health monitoring
Non-eligible expenses
- Costs for routine checks to determine milk quality
- Costs for technical assistance during inspections by the animal owner
- Costs for legally mandated public data collection
- Costs already accounted for in other subsidies
- Trait recordings without breeding relevance for health and robustness
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Eligible to apply
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
- Cooperatives
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Business premises and animals must be located in the state of Brandenburg
- Final beneficiary companies must be micro, small, or medium-sized enterprises (EU Regulation 2022/2472 Annex I)
- Aid for inspections in commercial enterprises is excluded; funding only if feed is predominantly produced on own land
- Contract or agreement between the agricultural entrepreneur and breeding association/control association prior to application submission
- Health and robustness of livestock must be a focus in the statutes or breeding program of the grant recipient
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Documents required for application
- Guideline for the Promotion of Measures to Improve the Health and Robustness of Agricultural Livestock (PDF)
- Application Form Guideline Robustness (PDF/DOCX)
- Annex 1 Cost and Financing Plan (various associations)
Evaluation criteria
- Completeness and formal correctness of the application
- Proof of SME status and non-enterprise-in-difficulty status
- Contractual agreements for data collection
- Focus on health and robustness in statutes/breeding program
Description
In Brandenburg, there is an attractive grant opportunity to support innovative data collection and analysis within the framework of animal breeding programs. The goal is the systematic recording and analysis of health and robustness traits in dairy cows, sows, fattening pigs, beef cows, fattening cattle, sheep, and goats. The funding area also includes genotype analyses and health monitoring of female cattle. Eligible recipients are breeding associations or control organizations that conduct performance tests and breeding value estimations according to animal breeding regulations or implement data collection under official supervision. End-beneficiary agricultural enterprises with SME status benefit from discounted services. The funding covers up to 70% of eligible expenses, including costs for data collection, data analysis, and genotype information, and is limited to a duration of twelve months. Applications can be submitted annually until November 30, with early commencement of measures possible from January 1 of the following year.
Requirements include, among others, a written application before the start of the measure, a business location within Brandenburg, an agreement between the enterprise and the breeding organization regarding discounted data collection, as well as a breeding program focused on health and robustness. Routine milk controls, legally mandated data collections, and expenses already funded through other subsidies are not eligible. Approval is granted by the State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture and Land Consolidation (LELF) and requires formal completeness, SME status, non-enterprise-in-difficulty status, and contractual foundations. Interested associations and cooperatives receive support through this funding to further develop animal breeding programs in a sustainable and health-oriented manner.
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