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Germany Ends Targeted Pig-Stall Subsidy, Routes Future Support Through GAK

The shift to the Länder-cofinanced GAK raises doubts about equal funding and planning certainty.

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Das von der Ampel-Regierung aufgelegte Bundesprogramm zum Umbau der landwirtschaftlichen Tierhaltung wird von der schwarz-roten Regierung eingestellt. Das ohnehin befristete Programm laufe früher aus, teilte das Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerium mit.

Overview

  • Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer scrapped the Ampel-era Bundesprogramm for converting pig stalls, calling it a placebo and citing tight budgets and weak uptake.
  • The program launched in April 2024 with about €1 billion planned through 2026 registered 271 investment applications and 413 for ongoing-cost support, with roughly €100 million approved by late July.
  • The ministry said revised timelines will appear in the Bundesanzeiger, with last investment applications allowed until the end of April 2026 and payments for ongoing higher-welfare costs ending in 2028.
  • Future construction support is to run through the GAK, a joint federal–state instrument that totaled about €1.7 billion in 2024 and is already committed to multiple agricultural and coastal tasks.
  • Farmers’ groups and environmental organizations, including the Bauernverband, AbL and Greenpeace, criticized the move as a setback that could slow stall conversions and noted no guarantee of equivalent funds or timely state cofinancing.