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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
Lithuania will pay an advance portion of its 2026 coupled income support for dairy cows between 16 September and 30 November 2026E TAR
E TAR. Applicants do not receive this advance portion of support if their eligibility checks remain unfinished
E TAR. Farmers and subsidy advisers therefore need to distinguish the announced payment window from confirmation that an individual claim can be paid.
The advance is €156.20 per dairy cow in tier 1E TAR. Tier 2 carries an advance of €200.90 per cow
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E TAR. These are partial advance payments under the September order, rather than the full annual support rates set separately for 2026
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The administration rules divide the holding's registered dairy cows into four successive bands. Tier 1 covers the first 10 cowsE TAR; tier 2 covers cows 11 to 50; tier 3 covers cows 51 to 150
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E TAR. The rules provide for random ordering of cows when assigning the rate for an individual animal.
A separate advance of €7.50 per dairy cow is available where the holder's monitored dairy herd participated in productivity testing as required by the administration rulesE TAR. Those rules require uninterrupted participation from 1 May of the preceding year to 30 April of the payment year
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The order also provides a €22.50 advance per dairy cow for qualifying members of a recognised agricultural cooperative. The underlying conditions require continuous membership over the same May-to-April period and sales of milk for processing to that cooperative during that periodE TAR. The cooperative must be recognised under the applicable rules
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E TAR. The cooperative supplement is limited to 150 dairy cows per holding manager
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The September order lists the tier payments and the conditional supplements separately; its exclusion for unfinished eligibility checks applies to this advanceE TAR. The announcement concerns payment of part of existing 2026 support; it does not turn the autumn payment window into a new application period
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Agriculture Minister Order No. 3D-439, paragraphs 1–2, sets the advance payments, while the 2023–2027 metų susietosios pajamų paramos už pienines karves administravimo taisyklės, paragraphs 8, 8(1) and 12.6, govern the tiers and supplement conditions.
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