MKS aid for Brandenburg: Companies can now apply for compensation!

MKS aid for Brandenburg: Companies can now apply for compensation!

The mouth and claw disease (MKS) have some farmers: inside in Brandenburg with massive economic challenges. From now on, dairy farms and pig farms can apply for damage compensation services in the country, such as Barnim.de The European Union provides around 4.7 million euros for this, while the state of Brandenburg contributes an additional 3.2 million euros. This is intended to grant the companies that suffer from enormous economic losses due to the plague.

The applicants can be both natural and legal entities of private law and their mergers who are based in Brandenburg. "We are glad that we can now stand by the companies," emphasizes the Minister of Agriculture and Nutritional Economics, Hanka Mittelstädt. While from January 10, 2025 the amount of milk could no longer be spent by the company premises, the masters had to fight with a decline in revenue between January 10 and April 14, 2025.

animal disease outbreak and quick measures

The first MKS outbreak was confirmed on January 10, 2025 at a water buffalo herd in the Märkisch-Oderland district. However, a further spread of animal disease law and veterinary measures could be prevented quickly, such as

The animal disease measures had an effect: a 3-kilometer protection zone was canceled and integrated into the surveillance zone. This applies until February 24, 2025 - then surveillance measures will again come into force in a smaller zone by April 11, 2025. Federal Minister Cem Özdemir also praised the efficiency of the relevant measures that were recognized internationally.

The situation is not only tense in Germany. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut warns of a critical animal disease situation in Hungary and Slovakia, where several cases of MKS have occurred in the past few months. Several thousand animals are affected and intensive examination and control measures are carried out. It is particularly striking that the insight of the epidemic is unknown, which makes the situation even more complicated.

for affected farmers: Inside, it is now of great importance to submit the application documents for the compensation promptly in order to receive financial support as soon as possible. Further information and the necessary forms can be found on the ILB website: ilb.de .