From June 1, sheep keepers who have chosen this preventive measure and vaccinated sheep against bluetongue disease this year can submit applications for support. This year, 300,000 Eur is allocated for support.
Applications are accepted under the new support measure – “Support for sheep keepers for voluntary vaccination of sheep against bluetongue disease.” The measure compensates part of the costs for vaccinations performed during the period from January 1 to May 31, 2026.
“Voluntary vaccination is a responsible decision by sheep keepers that helps reduce the risk of disease on farms. This support is intended to compensate part of the expenses incurred by those who vaccinated sheep against bluetongue disease this year. We invite you to submit applications on time and to first check whether the vaccination data is registered in the Register of Farm Animals,” says Dalia Laureckaitė-Tumelienė, Head of the Livestock and Animal Welfare Division of the Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food Industry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Applications under this measure are submitted through the information system administered by the Agricultural Data Center (Support Calculation Information System for Agricultural Activity Entities). The Agricultural Data Center, based on the data in the application and registers, performs the necessary actions to calculate the support and transfers the information to the National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, which carries out the payment of the support.
Key information for applicants
Support applications are accepted from June 1 to June 30 inclusive.
A sheep keeper who, for important reasons including force majeure or serious illness, was unable to submit the application on time may submit it until July 14 inclusive.
Support is provided for voluntary vaccination of sheep against bluetongue disease performed from January 1, 2026, to May 31, 2026.
Sheep keepers are compensated 2.50 Eur for each actually performed sheep vaccination.
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Who can apply for support?
Support can be applied for by an agricultural entity engaged in primary agricultural production, registered in the Register of Agricultural and Rural Business of the Republic of Lithuania as a farm manager or partner.
The applicant must also be registered in the Register of Farm Animals information system as a sheep keeper and have sheep registered and tagged in the register during the vaccination period.
It is important to check the data
Before submitting an application, it is important to ensure that the data on the performed vaccination is registered in the Register of Farm Animals information system.
This data is necessary to assess whether the applicant and the performed vaccination meet the support provision requirements.
How to submit an application?
Applications can be submitted independently by entering data into the Agricultural Data Center’s Support Calculation Information System for Agricultural Activity Entities.
Applicants can access the system using Electronic Government Gateway services, choosing to log in via electronic banking or other methods.
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