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Polish agri-food market pressures & emergency subsidy plans

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The Polish agricultural sector continues to face an economic crisis driven by low yields and rising production costs. Weather-related issues, including winter ~~frosts and~~ frosts, spring droughts, and summer heatwaves, have significantly reduced ~~yields, with~~ yields. While winter cereals ~~dropping~~ have dropped by 10-20 ~~percent and~~ percent, spring ~~cereals by~~ crop yields could be up to 25 14 percent ~~in regions like Świętokrzyskie. Nationwide, rapeseed production remains poor, with yields expected to~~ lower than the five-year average ~~below two tons per hectare.~~ due to water scarcity. In response to rising costs for diesel and fertilizer—exacerbated by a Middle East crisis beginning in February 2026—the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ~~prepared a draft regulation for~~ proposed emergency ~~subsidies. For~~ aid. This includes a total diesel ~~fuel, the plan aims~~ subsidy of up to ~~provide an additional 0.52~~ 2 PLN per liter ~~from~~ (combining a 0.52 PLN EU ~~funds. When combined~~ contribution with the ~~existing~~ 1.48 PLN national excise tax ~~refund of 1.48 PLN, this would bring the total subsidy to up to 2 PLN per liter~~ refund) for fuel purchased between March 1 and August 31, 2026. ~~Additionally, a fertilizer subsidy is proposed~~ Fertilizer aid aims to refund the difference between current invoice prices and the average prices from ~~the last quarter of 2025. This aid is~~ Q4 2025, capped at 500 PLN per hectare for up to 300 ~~hectares, covering purchases made between March 1~~ hectares. Additionally, the Ministry plans to launch low-interest working capital loans in Q4 2026, with interest rates not exceeding 2% for young farmers and 3% for others. Regarding the existing 1.48 PLN diesel excise tax refund, the application window runs from August ~~15, 2026. Applications are expected~~ 3 to ~~be processed by the Agency~~ August 31, 2026, for ~~Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARiMR)~~ fuel purchased between ~~October~~ February 1 and ~~October 16, 2026. While~~ July 31. A documentation complication has emerged: some ~~agricultural groups~~ fuel stations, such as ORLEN, are issuing transaction confirmations with QR codes rather than traditional VAT invoices. Authorities have ~~raised concerns regarding eligibility periods, the Ministry states~~ warned that ~~procedures~~ these confirmations are ~~being finalized in coordination with~~ not valid substitutes; farmers must use the ~~European Commission.~~ QR codes to download official invoices via the National e-Invoice System (KSeF).

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