Frost damage in Saxony: More than 9 million euros for affected farmers!

In 2024, the fruit and winegrowers in Saxony were affected by considerable frost damage. According to a report by Tagesschau.de , the payments of the state frost aids are in full slopes, however, the final statement is still pending. So far, nine million euros have been paid to Frosthilfe to a total of 75 applicants, including 37 wine -growing companies and 38 fruit growing companies.

The Saxon Austro -Baubank (SAB) is responsible for the processing of these help. In June 2024, the state government decided to provide a total of 22 million euros in frost aid for the years 2024 and 2025. The frost nights at the end of April 2024 caused considerable crop failures, which the fruit growing association estimates with total damage of 50 to 70 million euros. The wine -growing association estimates the damage to around 34 million euros, plus ten million euros for the renewal of young facilities.

EU aids and application deadlines

The EU Commission decided on October 7, 2024 to a total of 46.5 million euros for frost-damaged agricultural producers in Germany. Applications for these EU aid must be submitted by January 8, 2025, while the deadline for Saxon Aid ended on December 31, 2024. The EU aid is to be paid by April 30, 2025 at the latest. Applicants must demonstrate that they have suffered actual damage, with minimum damage to Saxon aid of 5,000 euros and for EU aids of 7,500 euros.

As part of the information published by bmel.de on November 12, 2024, on November 12, 2024. This regulation enables EU crisis aids to be paid out to affected fruit and wine-growing companies. The upper limit of the compensation rate is 40 percent of the damage incurred per operation, and cumulation of state aid with the EU funds is possible in compliance with the maximum funding limits.