The 2025 welfare payments have started. What does this mean for cattle farmers?

ARiMR has begun paying welfare subsidies for the 2025 campaign. For many farms, this is important support at a time of high production costs and a difficult situation on the milk and livestock markets.

The first transfers have already been made to farmers' accounts – over PLN 15 million has been disbursed in the first tranche. The entire disbursement process is expected to be completed by the end of June 2026.

Record Interest in the Program

This year, as many as 124,000 farmers applied for welfare payments. This is a record number of applications. The program's budget is PLN 1.05 billion, but high interest has resulted in rates per point being lower than a year ago – on average by about PLN 131 TP3T.

The current rate for cattle and pigs is:

?? 80.83 PLN for 1 point

Despite the lower rates, many breeders emphasize that the support still helps partially cover the costs associated with improving animal welfare conditions.

How much can you get?

Examples of subsidy amounts:

? Dairy cows - up to PLN 808.30/piece for increasing the living space by at least PLN 50%

? Sows ? up to PLN 751.71/pcs.

? Sheep ? 124.89 PLN/pc.

? Horses ? up to PLN 349.75/pcs.

? Goats ? 120.61 PLN/pc.

The conversions were made according to the euro exchange rate of September 30, 2025, which was PLN 4.2698.

Well-being is not just a subsidy today

More and more farms are investing in animal welfare not only for subsidies, but also to improve herd health, production results and reduce health problems.

Better living conditions often mean:

?? less stress for animals
?? better feed intake
?? fewer metabolic problems
better immunity of calves
?? more stable milk production

In practice, this also means greater importance of prevention and quick response to problems arising in the herd.

Ruminta offers solutions that support the daily work of breeders - from preparations that support calves during diarrhea, such as Diablock or Calfix, to products that support cows during the calving period and during metabolic stress.

It's worth remembering

Although this year's rates are lower than before, the welfare program remains one of the most important sources of support for farms keeping cattle and other farm animals.

For many breeders, this is a real help in maintaining financial liquidity and further development of the farm.