Scottish Weather Aid Payments

We wrote about the Scottish Weather Fund in May.  This provided £6m of aid to producers affected by the severe winter and spring weather.  The Weather Aid Expert group has agreed payments rates for losses under the scheme.  These are;

• £120 per ewe
• £50 per lamb
• £1,200 per cow
• £500 per calf
• £200 per hectare of agricultural crops

A total of 1,063 requests for funding were received, the evidence has been verified and a total of 854 were successful. These farmers are expected to receive payments within weeks.  Payments made under the scheme comply with EU State Aid rules.