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Dairy farmers’ chairman says some Danish farmers cheated over controversial feed subsidy

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Named sources Under investigation
  • Some Danish farmers allegedly claimed Bovaer subsidies despite throwing the feed additive away instead of giving it to cattle.
  • Jørgen Schmidt, chairman of the Danish Dairy Producers Association, said he knows of several examples.
  • The scale of the alleged subsidy fraud remains unknown, while the association says it opposes cheating.

Some Danish farmers have allegedly claimed compensation for Bovaer without using the feed additive on their cows, according to Jørgen Schmidt, chairman of the Danish Dairy Producers Association.

We know this is happening. There is an invisible number of people who have said they used it and received compensation, but actually threw it away.

— Jørgen SchmidtThe dairy producers’ chairman described alleged false claims for Bovaer compensation.

Farmers applied for reimbursement of costs linked to buying Bovaer, but some reportedly discarded the product instead. “We know this is happening. There is an invisible number of people who have said they used it and received compensation, but actually threw it away,” Schmidt told Politiken.

He said he knew of farmers who applied for compensation even though they had “thrown it in the trash.” Schmidt stressed that the association rejects fraud, but said frustration had pushed some people to act this way.

Thrown it in the trash.

— Jørgen SchmidtHe characterized examples in which farmers allegedly claimed reimbursement after discarding the feed additive.

Politiken also spoke with several other sources who described cheating involving the compensation scheme. The extent of the alleged fraud is not known.

Frustration has pushed some people to do it.

— Jørgen SchmidtHe explained how the association viewed the reported cheating while reiterating its opposition to fraud.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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