Nevesinje municipality farm incentives: measures, amounts and public calls

Nevesinje municipality adopts a rulebook on cash incentives for agriculture every year. The 2026 rulebook applies to farmers in the municipality. It has no separate measure for rural tourism; for tourism see the article "Tourism in Nevesinje: attractions and the Tourist Organization contact".

In short

• For 2026 the municipality planned 369,000 KM, split across 12 measures. The Municipal Assembly adopted the rulebook on 6 March 2026. It was published in the Službeni glasnik opštine Nevesinje (municipal official gazette) no. 2/26 on 12 March and has applied since 20 March 2026.
• The largest shares go to the milk premium (145,000 KM), pregnant heifers (52,000 KM) and machinery (50,000 KM).
• For purchases (seed, machinery, milking equipment, saplings) the incentive is up to 50% of the invoice for commercial holdings and up to 30% for non-commercial ones, with a cap for each measure. Support for livestock, bees and milk is paid per head, per hive or per litre.
• The call for fruit saplings (form P-10) is open until 30 November 2026. All other 2026 calls are closed.
• The amount you receive depends on the budget and the number of applicants, so it can be below the stated maximum.

Who it applies to

Support is open to individuals who meet all three conditions:

• they are entered in the farm register of the Agencija za posredničke, informatičke i finansijske usluge (APIF, the Agency for Intermediary, IT and Financial Services) with active status, as holders of a commercial or non-commercial holding,
• they have their residence in Nevesinje municipality (you attach a certificate of residence),
• farming is their main or supplementary activity.

Legal entities registered for milk production can also claim the milk premium. For bees, you need to be entered in the Republika Srpska register of beekeepers and apiaries and be a member of the Nevesinje beekeepers' association.

The number of measures per applicant is limited. A commercial holder under 65 who farms full time can claim support under three measures, other commercial holdings under two. A non-commercial holder under 45 who lives in a rural area and farms full time can apply for three measures. Other non-commercial holders can apply for the milk premium plus one other measure. Family farms that received the municipality's letter of thanks for their contribution to agriculture on Spasovdan 2025 can apply for the milk premium plus two other measures.

What to do

1. Watch the Javni pozivi (public calls) section of the municipal website and the notice board. Calls are also announced in one media outlet. The milk premium and the pasture water points do not go through a public call; the municipality publishes a notice (obavještenje) instead.
2. Download the application form for your measure (P-1 to P-11) from the website, where it is posted with the call, or pick it up at the counter.
3. Submit it to the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (Odjeljenje za poljoprivredu i ruralni razvoj) at the registry counter in Nevesinje.
4. Attach: a copy of your ID card, a certificate of residence, 2026 proof of APIF farm registration listing household members, a copy of your bank account details with the bank name, and for purchases the invoice and fiscal receipt (original or certified copy) for goods bought on or after 1 January 2026. The exception is seed for the autumn 2025 sowing: that invoice may be dated up to 30 October 2025. For livestock you need proof of animal identification from the veterinary information system and the animal record card; for heifers also a copy of the animal's passport and proof of insemination or pregnancy. For fruit saplings you also need the declaration on the quality and the declaration on the plant health of the planting material.
5. For machinery, equipment and animals you sign a certified statement that you will not sell or otherwise dispose of them for three years.
6. A commission visits at least half of the holdings and posts a preliminary ranking list on the notice board. The mayor issues the decision, and payment is made once the decision becomes final.

Deadlines and amounts

Planned funds per measure (2026 budget):

• premium for delivered milk: 145,000 KM
• pregnant heifers: 52,000 KM
• new machinery: 50,000 KM
• vegetable seed: 42,000 KM
• breeding young ewes and does: 30,000 KM
• cereal and maize seed and mineral fertiliser: 15,000 KM
• bees: 10,000 KM
• shared pasture infrastructure (water points): 8,000 KM
• fattening young cattle, breeding sows and gilts, milking equipment and milk coolers: 5,000 KM each
• fruit saplings: 2,000 KM

Maximum amounts per measure:

• machinery (at most one powered machine or attachment per applicant) and milking equipment: up to 700 KM for commercial and 500 KM for non-commercial holdings
• vegetable seed: up to 700 KM or 500 KM, at most two invoices for different varieties
• cereal and maize seed and mineral fertiliser: up to 1,100 KM for commercial livestock holdings and 700 KM for non-commercial ones; seed up to 200 KM per hectare (150 KM non-commercial), fertiliser up to 200 KM per hectare (100 KM non-commercial); at least 1 ha sown, at most two invoices; a request for fertiliser alone is not accepted
• fruit saplings: up to 500 KM or 300 KM
• pregnant heifers: 300 KM for one, 700 KM for two, 1,200 KM for three; heifers must be 14 to 24 months old
• young ewes and does: at least 10 head, 40 KM per head up to 20 head, up to 50 KM per head above that, maximum 1,100 KM
• fattening young cattle: at least two male animals aged 4 to 6 months, up to 300 KM per head, maximum 1,200 KM
• sows and gilts: at least three head, up to 200 KM per head, maximum 1,200 KM
• bees: 3 KM per hive, at least 30 hives
• milk: 0.03 KM per litre, paid quarterly after the dairy confirms the delivered quantity; anyone who delivers more than 15,000 litres in 2026 receives an extra 0.02 KM per litre on the total quantity; for legal entities the maximum is 5,000 KM
• water points: no cash payment; the municipality does the work with its own machinery, and requests are accepted up to the planned 8,000 KM

For saplings the minimum area is 0.5 dunum for each species: 50 saplings of apple, pear, plum, cherry or sour cherry, 500 raspberry plants, 100 blackberry, blueberry, aronia or rosehip plants.

2026 calls:

• pregnant heifers and fattening young cattle: published 20 March; the fattening-cattle call was open until 25 July and the heifer call until 30 September
• vegetables and field crops: published 30 March, open until 24 April
• machinery and milking equipment: published 21 April, open until 8 May
• young ewes and does, sows and gilts: published 12 May, open until 10 June
• bees: 16 to 31 July
• fruit saplings: published 12 May, open until 30 November 2026

On 6 October 2026 the municipality announced that within about 15 days it would pay out 165,000 KM for machinery, milking equipment, field crops, vegetables, sheep and goats, pigs, bees and fattening cattle. Heifer payments follow once the commission has processed the applications and visited the farms. The milk premium for the past quarter is due in October, after the dairies send their figures. Each call stays open for at least 15 days. A new rulebook is adopted every year, so calls for 2027 will come only after it is adopted. The first 2026 calls (heifers and fattening cattle) came out on 20 March, the day the rulebook entered into force; check the municipal website for the 2027 dates.

Where to go

• Department for Agriculture and Rural Development, Nevesinje municipality, Cara Dušana 44, 88280 Nevesinje. Switchboard: 059 601 011.
• Public calls on the Nevesinje municipality website
• Republika Srpska farm subsidies are separate and you apply for them through a different system. See the article "Republika Srpska farm incentive rulebook 2026: measures and how to apply".

Laws and sources

• Pravilnik o uslovima i načinu ostvarivanja novčanih podsticaja za razvoj poljoprivrede u 2026. godini (Službeni glasnik opštine Nevesinje 2/26, pp. 24 to 30)
• Public call for co-financing of fruit saplings, no. 02-12.10-148/26, 12 May 2026
• News on the adoption of the rulebook, Nevesinje municipality, 10 March 2026
• Intensified support for Nevesinje farmers, Nevesinje municipality, 6 October 2026