Until December 2, you can apply for aid for agricultural machinery, which can reach up to 65%

He Government of Castile-La Mancha He recalled that until December 2, the call for improvement plans for the acquisition of agricultural machinery improving the energy efficiency of agricultural operations and the practice of eco-schemes remains open.

This aid order, as explained in Director General of Rural Development, José Juan Fernández“it is endowed with ten million euros, extendable to 15 and will allow our farmers and breeders to acquire, with aid of up to 65 percent, equipment such as precision seeders, balers, mowers, mulchers, brushcutters, auto-guidance systems with GPS, fertilizer spreaders and sprayers, tractors, grape harvesters, vibrators and harvesters, among others.

The general director made this reminder to Cardeñosa where, with the provincial delegate of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Santos Lópezvisited the farm of Ismael, a cereal grower who, thanks to this assistance from the Régie, was able to acquire a hydraulic sprayer with precision shut-off valves which allows him to reduce phytosanitary fertilizers and fertilizers by applying it very more efficiently thanks to this precision machine, while also saving on energy consumption. Now, with this new call, this young farmer intends to acquire self-guiding equipment equipped with GPS technology, as reported by the Régie in a press release.

“This call, as we say, will be open until December 2 and aims to help in the daily management of the farms of our farmers and breeders to make them more competitive by reducing and improving the application of inputs in their management ” he said. . explained the general manager.

For the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, the improvement, modernization, innovation and digitalization of agricultural operations are a priority element to maintain the economic competitiveness and environmental sustainability of the agri-food sector. Therefore, with this new call Since 2016, the regional executive has allocated a total of 342 million to adapt farms and machinery.an amount which reached 6,100 projects, for which PDR 2014-2022 funds, MRR funds and the new PEPAC 2023-2027 were used.