Grants for the culling of cattle due to the IBR epizootic disease

By Provincial Council Resolution No. 1098 of 17 July 2026, the Autonomous Province of Trento approved the criteria for the award of extraordinary grants intended to support local livestock farms that have suffered financial losses as a result of the IBR/IPV epizootic (infectious bovine rhinotracheitis). 

The aim of the scheme is to compensate for the loss of culled animals, to safeguard the income of farming households and businesses, and to help the sector regain its ‘disease-free’ status as soon as possible. 

What does this involve?

The measure provides for non-repayable financial aid (capital grant) equal to 100 per cent of eligible expenditure for each head of cattle ordered to be culled under provincial health programmes.  

The subsidy is payable only for head of cattle sent to the abattoir by 31 December 2028 that fall into one of the following categories (relating to the period 1 January – 30 June 2026):

• Animals that have tested positive for IBR/IPV following an official blood test carried out on the farm;
• Animals for which the Public Veterinary Service has issued a request for diagnostic culling;
• Animals that tested negative but for which culling was nevertheless ordered as a precautionary measure, as they belonged to an outbreak farm.

Please note (Restriction on the deduction of revenue):

The amount of the grant is calculated on the basis of standard market tables (broken down by the animal’s age group).

Any revenue obtained from the sale of meat to the abattoir and any compensation received from insurance policies will be strictly deducted from the grant due.

Furthermore, this aid cannot be combined with other public grants received for the same costs.

Available resources and priorities The total budget allocated is €900,000.00, spread over the years 2026 to 2029.

Applications will be funded in the order in which they are submitted.

Should the funds for the current year be exhausted, eligible applications that have not been funded will be carried over to the following year as a priority, without the need to resubmit them.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the livestock sector in the province of Trento may apply for a grant provided that, at the time of application, they meet the following requirements: 

They are either sole traders or companies in the agricultural sector; 

They must have an active and up-to-date electronic Farm File registered with the Province of Trento; 

They hold a valid BDN Farm Code for the rearing of dairy or mixed-purpose cattle in the Trentino region; 

They were not classified as ‘enterprises in difficulty’ prior to the outbreak of IBR.  

Applications must be submitted online via the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it, which can also be accessed via the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/ from 22 July 2026 and no later than 1.00 pm on 31 December 2028

Access to the SRTrento members’ area is restricted to registered users only; therefore, each user must first register in accordance with the procedures set out in the guidance on the SRTrento website’s home page.

Applications submitted must be signed using a valid digital signature.

The application must be digitally signed by the person authorised to sign the document; otherwise, it will be deemed inadmissible.

For any assistance with accessing and logging into the portal, please contact helpdesk.srtrento@provincia.tn.it.

The application must be accompanied by a computerised list of the animals (in .txt format, generated using the Excel template provided below), together with health documentation (test results or veterinary certificates) and commercial documentation (invoices from the abattoir and the insurance company).

Each document must clearly state the animal’s ear tag number.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dear user,

to ensure that the data relating to the animals eligible for compensation is processed correctly by our systems, please follow this guide carefully when saving the DistintaCapiIBR.txt file. 

Procedure for savingfrom Microsoft Excel once you have finished filling in the form: 

• Open your file in Microsoft Excel.
• In the top left-hand corner, click on File and then on Save As.
• Click on ‘Browse’ to select the folder on your computer where you want to save the file.
• In the ‘Save as’ drop-down menu (below the file name), select: CSV (comma-separated) (*.csv)

• Click Save.
• (If Excel displays a warning stating that some features may be lost, click Yes or Continue).
• Close Excel (this step is essential to be able to rename the file).
• Go to the folder where you saved the file, right-click on the file you’ve just created (e.g. filename.csv) and select Rename.
• Simply change the file extension from .csv to .txt (e.g. from filename.csv to filename.txt) and press Enter.
• Confirm the change by clicking Yes in the Windows warning message. The file is now a .txt file with the data separated by semicolons.

Step-by-step guide using LibreOffice Calc:

• Open your spreadsheet in LibreOffice Calc.
• In the top menu, click on File and then on Save As.
• In the window that opens, choose the folder where you want to save the file.
• In the ‘File type’ drop-down menu (at the bottom), scroll through the list and select CSV Text (.csv) (.csv;.txt).
• In the ‘File name’ field, enter the name you want, adding the .txt extension at the end (e.g. PartsList.txt).
• Make sure the ‘Edit filter settings’ box is ticked and click Save.
• If a pop-up window appears asking you to confirm the format, click the ‘Use CSV Text format’ button.
• The “Export text file” window will now open:
• Under ‘Encoding’: select ‘Unicode (UTF-8)’ (recommended to avoid problems with accented or special characters).
• Under ‘Field separator’: delete the comma or any other character present and type a semicolon ;.
• Under ‘Text delimiter’: delete any double quotation marks “ if present (or leave this field blank if you do not wish to enclose the text in quotation marks).
• Click OK.

Your file will be saved directly as a .txt text file with all data perfectly separated by semicolons ;.

Example of the final result:

CUAA;EAR TAG ID;ANIMAL CATEGORY;REASON FOR EUTHANASIA;SLAUGHTER YIELD;INSURANCE COMPENSATION FGQTRL65D14L654E;IT123456789012;0–6 MONTHS;2. DIAGNOSTIC EUTHANASIA;50.00;0.00
05974369874;DE210987654321;>24 MONTHS;1. POSITIVE IBR/IPV;200.00;120.00

You must not send the file by email or certified email (PEC); instead, you must upload it directly to the SRTRENTO portal in the section dedicated to attachments for your grant application.

Upon uploading, the Province’s IT system retrieves the .txt file and initiates an automatic check, cross-referencing the data entered (ear tags and dates) with the National Livestock Register Database (BDN) to verify its accuracy.

For animals slaughtered by 30 June 2026: the application must be submitted within 90 days of the date the call for applications opens. 

For animals slaughtered after 30 June 2026: within 90 days ofthe animal being sent to the abattoir (and no later than 31 December 2028).