Subsidies for First-Calf Heifers Cause New Conflict: Farmers Losing Millions Due to Decree Limiting Subsidies to 20 Heads
Livestock breeders who were counting on 100,000 dinars per first-calf heifer this year were met with an unpleasant surprise – the state has limited the payment to 20 heads per farm without prior notice. While the Ministry claims that paying for all first-calf heifers would require an additional billion dinars which the budget lacks, some farmers argue they have been defrauded of millions of dinars.