Eur 4.4 Million to Be Paid From State Budget to Farmers in Compensation for Drought

RIGA, March 4 (LETA) EUR 4.428 million will be paid from the state budget this year to farmers in compensation ofr drought last year, LETA learned from the Agricultural Ministry.

The ministry said that the compensations will be paid from state budget resources.

As reported, Latvian livestock farmers, grain producers, orchards and vegetable farmers sustained loss from drought last summer. On June 26, 2018, the Crisis...