The Agency for Financial Support of the Agriculture and Rural Development today has reimbursed the measures for direct payments for depreciated laying hens slaughtered in registered slaughter facilities and direct payments for broilers raised and slaughtered in registered slaughter facilities.

The payment includes 35 applicants with a total financial support of MKD 80.6 million.

The amount of financial support for bred and sold or depreciated laying hens is 80 denars per laying hen, while the amount of financial support for bred and sold or slaughtered broilers is 40 denars per hen.

"With this payment, we begin a comprehensive reimbursement of the direct payments from the Program for Financial Support of the Agriculture allocated for livestock production. In the following days, the Agency will reimburse the breeders of cattle, sheep, goats, sows, as well as for the agricultural holdings that own bee families" - clarified the Agency for Financial Support of the Agriculture and Rural Development.