This year, 18 counties and districts of our city are included in the agricultural machinery subsidy scope, including Weixian County, Xuanhua County, Zhuolu County, Chicheng County, Huailai County, Wanquan County, Huaian County, Shangyi County, Yangyuan County, Chongli County, Kangbao County, Saibei Management Zone, Chabai Management Zone, Xiayuan District, Zhangbei County, Xuanhua District, and the High-tech Zone. The subsidy funds have reached 30.39 million yuan, among which, the central agricultural machinery subsidy funds amount to 29 million yuan, and the provincial agricultural machinery subsidy funds amount to 1.39 million yuan. The provincial fiscal subsidy funds will be used to implement cumulative subsidies for dedicated corn harvesters (excluding wheat and corn dual-use harvesters), operation machinery with deep loosening functions, large straw silage harvesters, and rollers. In addition to the 12 major categories, 37 subcategories, and 113 items of machinery determined by the central government, the agricultural machinery subsidies also include five additional items under the 12 major categories that are independently added by our province. These include tillage and land preparation machinery, planting and fertilizing machinery, field management machinery, harvesting machinery, etc. Farmers can log on to the "Hebei Agricultural Machinery Information Network" to check.
At the same time, according to the requirements of the Implementation Guidelines for the 2011 Agricultural Machinery Purchase Subsidy issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance, the central financial agricultural machinery purchase subsidy funds in our city will implement a fixed-amount subsidy. That is, the same type and level of agricultural machinery will have a unified subsidy standard within the province. The fixed-amount subsidy is calculated at no more than 30% of the average market price in the province. The single-machine subsidy limit does not exceed 50,000 yuan. For tractors over 100 horsepower, high-performance green feed harvesters, large no-till seeders, milking machinery, large combine harvesters, and dryers, the single-machine subsidy limit can be increased to 120,000 yuan. The subsidy for tractors over 200 horsepower can be increased to 200,000 yuan. The subsidy amount for general-purpose agricultural machinery products is uniformly determined by the Ministry of Agriculture, while the subsidy amount for non-general-purpose agricultural machinery products is determined independently within the province. The provincial cumulative subsidy ratio does not exceed 10%.
★ Subsidy Object Scope
The subsidy targets are farmers, fishermen, farm (forest farm) employees, and agricultural production and operation organizations directly engaged in agricultural machinery operations who are included in the implementation scope and meet the conditions. When the number of applicants exceeds the planned index, the subsidy targets will be determined through fair and just methods such as public lotteries or other ways acceptable to farmers. A single household farmer is allowed to purchase one power machine, one wheat combine harvester, and one corn harvester each, with no restrictions on purchasing matching operation machinery; there are no restrictions on agricultural machinery service organizations, cooperatives, and large-scale agricultural machinery purchasers. The quantity of plant protection machinery purchased by plant protection professional operation service organizations and the quantity of roll-up machines purchased by vegetable growers (organizations) will be determined by the implementing counties based on actual conditions.
★ Subsidy Application Procedures
1. Purchasers within the implementation area obtain information about the registration time, method, and location published by the county-level agricultural machinery management department through television, radio, newspapers, announcements, and other channels.
2. Carry an ID card to the village committee to obtain a proof letter for purchasing agricultural machinery.
3. Confirm through the township agricultural machinery management service organization (this step can be determined by each implementing county based on whether the township-level agricultural machinery management service organization is sound).
4. Within the specified period, carry an ID card, the proof letter from the village committee, and other relevant materials to register at the designated location of the county-level agricultural machinery management department.
5. Determine the subsidy target through lottery or other methods easily accepted by farmers within the specified time.
6. Publicize the confirmed subsidy targets for 7 days. For machinery with a subsidy of less than 1000 yuan, purchases can be made while publicizing.
7. After the public display period ends without objections, issue the "Subsidy Indicator Confirmation Notice" (the price and actual payment difference columns of the subsidy indicator confirmation notice are not filled out; after the farmer and the dealer agree on the price, the dealer fills it out).
8. With the "Subsidy Indicator Confirmation Notice," the purchaser must buy the agricultural machinery within 20 days starting from the day after the issuance date.