What are the 2016 preferential agricultural subsidy policies?

Preferential agricultural policies refer to the policy preferences and benefits granted by the government to agriculture, farmers and rural areas in order to support agricultural development, raise farmers' economic income and living standards, and promote the sustainable development of rural areas. Now let us take a look together at what preferential agricultural subsidy policies the state had in 2016!

Policies such as water and electricity preferences

1. Encourage the use of barren hills, barren gullies, barren mounds, barren beaches and other such land to develop farming.

2. Exemption from groundwater resource fees.

3. Enjoy agricultural electricity prices.

Animal epidemic prevention subsidy policies

1. Subsidy policy for compulsory immunization vaccines against major animal epidemics.

2. Subsidy policy for the culling of livestock and poultry diseases.

3. Subsidy policy for the harmless disposal of dead pigs.

4. Subsidy policy for the harmless disposal of diseased pigs at designated pig slaughtering stages.

Agricultural machinery subsidy policies

Generally, a single agricultural machine may not exceed 50,000 yuan; the subsidy for a single milking machine or dryer shall not exceed 120,000 yuan; the subsidy for a single high-performance green fodder harvester shall not exceed 150,000 yuan.

Agricultural project subsidy category

1. Improved seed subsidy

[Subsidy recipients] Sow farms (communities, households), dairy cattle and beef cattle farms (communities, households), and farming households with more than 30 breeding ewes on hand or more than 25 breeding female yaks.

[Subsidy standards] 40 yuan for sows, 30 yuan for dairy cows, 20 yuan for other breeds of cows, 10 yuan for beef cows, 800 yuan for breeding rams of sheep and goats, and 2,000 yuan for breeding bulls of yaks.

2. Alfalfa planting subsidy

[Subsidy recipients] Cooperatives operating for more than 1 year, forage production and processing enterprises with registered capital of 2 million yuan (inclusive) or more, and dairy cattle farming enterprises (farms) must have more than 300 head on hand.

[Subsidy standards] 1.8 million yuan for every 3,000 mu.

3. Standardized demonstration creation for livestock and poultry farming

[Subsidy recipients] More than 300 breeding sows on hand, more than 5,000 finished fattening pigs sold, more than 300 dairy cattle on hand, more than 10,000 laying hens, more than 100,000 broilers sold annually, 500 fattening cattle or 50 breeding cows on hand, more than 250 breeding ewes on hand in agricultural areas and more than 400 in pastoral areas, and more than 500 meat sheep sold in agricultural areas and more than 1,000 in pastoral areas.

[Subsidy standards] The project itself has no subsidy funds, but obtaining this designation is very important, as it makes it easier to apply for relevant support funds from the state, provinces, cities and counties in the future.

4. Standardized healthy farming for livestock, poultry and fisheries

[Support recipients] Large-scale farms and farmers' cooperatives: pigs 0.5-50,000 head, laying hens 10,000-100,000 birds, broilers 50,000-1,000,000 birds, beef cattle 100-2,000 head, meat sheep 300-3,000 head, pond-type farms 200 mu (100 mu in the western region) or more, and industrial aquaculture water surface of 3,000 sq m or more.

[Subsidy standards] 250,000-1,000,000 yuan

5. Dairy cattle standardized large-scale farming community (farm) construction project

[Application conditions] More than 300 dairy cattle on hand

[Subsidy standards] 800,000 yuan for 300-499 head, 1.3 million yuan for 500-999 head, and 1.7 million yuan for 1,000 head or more.

6. Live pig standardized large-scale farming community (farm) construction project

[Application conditions] More than 500 live pigs on hand

[Subsidy standards] 200,000 yuan for 500-999 head, 400,000 yuan for 1,000-1,999 head, 600,000 yuan for 2,000-2,999 head, and 800,000 yuan for 3,000 head or more. Yunnan and Guizhou provinces arranged subsidies of 100,000 yuan for some farms (communities) with 300-499 head.

7. Beef cattle and meat sheep standardized large-scale farming community (farm) construction project

[Application regions] Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, **and the** Production and Construction Corps.

[Subsidy standards] For meat sheep: 150,000 yuan for 300-499 head, 250,000 yuan for 500-699 head, 350,000 yuan for 700-999 head, and 500,000 yuan for 1,000 head. For beef cattle: 300,000 yuan for 100-299 head, and 500,000 yuan for 300 head or more.