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Lithuania starts dairy-cow support advances on 16 September
Tier-based advances run to 30 November, with separate performance-testing and cooperative supplements; applicants with unfinished eligibility checks receive no advance.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 9 September 2026
Industry: Raising of dairy cattle
Lithuania will pay part of its 2026 coupled income support for dairy cows as an advanceE TAR between 16 September and 30 November 2026
E TAR. Agriculture Minister Order No. 3D-439 of 9 September 2026 sets the advance at
E TAR €156.20 per dairy cow in tier 1
E TAR, €200.90 in tier 2
E TAR, €223.20 in tier 3
E TAR and €167.30 in tier 4
E TAR. Applicants whose compliance checks for this payment are unfinished receive no advance.
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The four tiers divide a holding's registered dairy cows by headcountE TAR: tier 1 covers the first 10 cows
E TAR, tier 2 covers cows 11 to 50
E TAR, tier 3 covers cows 51 to 150
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E TAR. These advances are part of the 2026 support whose full annual rates were set separately.
A further advance of €7.50 per dairy cow is payableE TAR where the keeper's monitored dairy herd took part in productivity testing as the administration rules require
E TAR. A separate advance of €22.50 per cow is payable
E TAR where the keeper was a member of a recognised agricultural cooperative as the rules require
E TAR. The cooperative supplement is capped at 150 dairy cows per holding manager
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The full supplement conditions sit in the 2023–2027 administration rules: productivity-testing participation runs uninterrupted from 1 May of the preceding year to 30 April of the payment yearE TAR; cooperative membership and milk sales to that cooperative for processing run over the same May-to-April period
E TAR; the cooperative must be recognised under the cooperative-recognition procedure
E TAR and registered as a milk buyer
E TAR; and no cooperative supplement is due where milk in that period was sold to buyers other than the cooperative of which the keeper is a member
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The exclusion for unfinished checks applies to this advance portionE TAR. The order pays part of existing 2026 support; it does not open a new application period
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Legal basis: Order No. 3D-439 of 9 September 2026, paragraphs 1–2E TAR.
Check that eligibility checks are complete and use the applicable tier and supplement conditions to estimate the dairy-cow advance payable during the announced window.
Sources
- Dėl 2026 m. susietosios pajamų paramos už pienines karves išankstinės išmokos dalies mokėjimo
- Dėl 2023–2027 metų susietosios pajamų paramos už pienines karves administravimo taisyklių patvirtinimo
- Dėl žemės ūkio ministro 2023 m. vasario 24 d. įsakymo Nr. 3D-103 „Dėl 2023–2027 metų susietosios pajamų paramos už pienines karves administravimo taisyklių patvirtinimo“ pakeitimo
- Dėl 2026 m. susietosios pajamų paramos už pienines karves dydžių patvirtinimo