Funding guide

Financing agriculture and processing.

Primary production, food processing and on-farm energy have different rules. What matters is the sector, the economic size of the holding, the type of product and the specific call cycle.

Updated October 2026.

8 open with a deadline
9 rolling
3 before the project starts
6 upcoming
2 suspended
1 EU programmes
6 closed

73.10: primary agricultural production

1 Dec

73.10: new call for milk production

1 Dec

76.01: agricultural production insurance

31 Dec

Not on the chart: rolling 4, upcoming without a date 4.

Open grant opportunities

GrantOpen

29 days to the deadline

73.10: primary agricultural production

€15,000–500,000 or up to €2 million, depending on the standard output (SO) class

Sector: Primary agricultural production
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Buildings, equipment, machinery and permanent crops for primary production. The eligibility of each investment depends on the sector.
Deadline / availability: Depending on the sector window, no later than 1 December 2026, 12:00

Terms, costs and preparation

GrantOpen

29 days to the deadline

73.10: new call for milk production

€15,000–500,000

Sector: Primary milk production
Large enterprises: CONDITIONAL - check the final terms
What can be funded: Investments in primary milk production, eligible buildings, equipment and machinery, and biosecurity measures.
Deadline / availability: 1 December 2026, 12:00

Terms, costs and preparation

GrantOpen

60 days to the deadline

76.01: agricultural production insurance

Up to €75,000 per year

Sector: Agricultural production
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Part of the eligible premium for agricultural production insurance. The insured risks, the policy and the payment method are checked.
Deadline / availability: 31 December 2026

Terms, costs and preparation

Loans with partial principal write-off (capital rebate)

Loan with capital rebateOpen

HBOR: energy efficiency

Loan up to €3 million; write-off up to 50%

Sector: Eligible manufacturing, commercial and service activities
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Energy-efficiency measures in processes and buildings, plus eligible renewable energy (RES). Energy savings must be verifiable.
Deadline / availability: Rolling, via commercial banks

Terms, costs and preparation

Loan with capital rebateOpen

HAMAG: loans for agricultural growth

Loan €1,000–150,000; possible write-off up to 50%

Sector: Primary agriculture in the programme's sensitive sectors
Large enterprises: NO - SMEs / target group only
What can be funded: Tangible and intangible fixed assets for production development. Only the sectors listed in the programme terms are eligible.
Deadline / availability: Rolling from 28 October 2026, subject to available funds

Terms, costs and preparation

Loan with capital rebateOpen

HBOR: loans for processing growth

Loan €200,000–3,000,000; write-off up to 40%

Sector: Slaughterhouses, cereal, fruit and vegetable processing
Large enterprises: NO - SMEs / target group only
What can be funded: Investments in developing eligible processing capacity through the CAP Strategic Plan financial instrument.
Deadline / availability: Rolling from 28 October 2026, subject to available funds

Terms, costs and preparation

Subsidised loans

Subsidised loanOpen

HBOR NRRP: green transition

Loan with no set maximum; interest subsidy

Sector: Private sector with an eligible green investment
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Investments in fixed assets that fully contribute to climate objectives under the eligible categories.
Deadline / availability: Rolling, subject to available funds

Terms, costs and preparation

Upcoming calls and projects to prepare

GrantUpcoming

Solar power plants and batteries in agriculture

Draft: €5,000 per project up to €5 million per applicant

Sector: Primary agriculture and selected processing
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Photovoltaic power plants for own consumption and connected battery systems. The battery must receive at least 75% of its energy from the connected RES.
Deadline / availability: Application date not yet published

Terms, costs and preparation

GrantUpcoming

Modernisation Fund: refrigeration systems

Draft: from €50,000; no maximum stated

Sector: Food, retail, warehouses, hotels, data centres and real estate, with the exact NACE (NKD) code
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Replacement of systems installed before 1 January 2015, with a charge of at least 50 t CO₂eq, registered in the PNOS register (national F-gas register). The new system uses a natural refrigerant.
Deadline / availability: Application date not yet published

Terms, costs and preparation

GrantUpcoming

73.11: processing of agricultural products

Intervention framework: €15,000–3,000,000

Sector: Processing of Annex I agricultural products
Large enterprises: YES - subject to the call's terms
What can be funded: Construction and modernisation of plants, machinery and equipment, eligible software and other investments related to processing.
Deadline / availability: Planned publication: Q4 2026

Terms, costs and preparation

GrantUpcoming

75.01: setting up young farmers

Intervention framework: €75,000

Sector: Primary agricultural production
Large enterprises: NO - SMEs / target group only
What can be funded: Business plan activities: production development, eligible buildings and equipment, plantations, machinery and other permitted investments.
Deadline / availability: Date of the new cycle not confirmed

Terms, costs and preparation

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