The Federal Council may pay subsidies for individual crops in order to:
maintain the production capacity and efficiency of individual processing chains to ensure adequate provision for the population;
ensure an adequate supply of fodder for livestock.
The Federal Council decides on the crops and the amount of the subsidies.
2bis. For sugar beet for sugar production, a contribution of 2,100 francs per hectare and year shall be paid until 2026. If the sugar beet is grown in accordance with the requirements for organic farming or integrated production, an additional contribution of 200 Swiss francs per hectare per year shall be paid until 2026.1
Subsidies may also be paid for farmland in the foreign part of the Swiss border zone under Article 43 paragraph 2 of the Customs Tariff Act of 18 March 20052.
Footnotes
Inserted by No I of the FA of 1 Oct 2021, in force since 1 March 2022 (AS 2022 85;BBl 2021 457,748). ↩