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Not sure about that. I did hear that there was a form of re-forestation grant available from the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Forestry commission for those with intentions to plant trees on their land although I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe someone could enlighten us further ??

They do exist, BUT, it never seems to be the "RIGHT" time to apply, I think that we need to start a campaign of marrying into the families of prominent members of Corpo Forestale...... Anyone up for it.... I'm too old, otherwise, hey......
(Don't bother Steve........)

[QUOTE=loreto]Further to my request for information on the letting of my olive trees,which I found very helpful,would I be correct in thinking that a grant is payable,by the community,for each olive tree you have even if you do not harvest the crop.Again thanks for any help. Cheers[/QUOTE]

There isn't any such scheme as far as I know. I suspect you may be thinking of the pagamento unico aziendale which is the new form of European subsidy for farming which replaces the CAP. this payment can be claimed only by the landlord or the tenant so you need to know if your tenant has already claimed the payment.

There are (or were last September) two schemes for planting trees that attract regional grants here in Marche. One is for planting oak trees for truffles (if you are in the right area) and the other is cherry trees for the wood. You will receive 80% of the cost of the planting project back as a grant after approximately two years. The oaks cannot be cut down for 99 years and take about 8 years before any crop appears. The cherries are apparently ready after 25 years. As I mentioned on a previous post, the best person to speak to is the local agronomer who prepares the grant applications. S/he will know what is available.

The following is alink to EU grants

[url]http://europa.eu.int/grants/grants/olive_oil_and_table_olives/olive_oil_and_table_olives_en.htm[/url]

Brian

[QUOTE=loreto]Morning,
Further to my request for information on the letting of my olive trees,which I found very helpful,would I be correct in thinking that a grant is payable,by the community,for each olive tree you have even if you do not harvest the crop.Again thanks for any help. Cheers[/QUOTE]

best advice..forget it.As a registered farm with now over 120 productive olive trees we received Euro 7,50. spent for copies of land registry maps,geometra/agronomo expenses,2 trips to the appropriate office in Ascoli,probably around Euro 150,00....so take it from there.

sorry maybe that wasn't clear that was not per tree but total Euro 7,50!
needless to say will not be renewing application this year just harvesting and getting the olives pressed.

We are about to complete on a property near Ostuni, Puglia with about 100 olive trees in cultivation and a further 40 on land left as scrub in a total plot of some 25000 sq m.

The seller has confirmed that he receives an EU grant, although this has not been quantified. Nevertheless, in negotiation as to terms for him to farm the land on our behalf, the seller is very anxious that he continues to receive the grant. Our lawyer suggested the grant may be significant, may be up to a few thousand euros.

Postings on the Forum suggest the value may only be 7 euros - although this was for Le Marche. A posting elsewhere suggested that the existing farmer will collect the grant until 2013 - could this be why the new owner only got 7 euros?

Can anyone please give us any guidance as to what the value of the grant is and whether it can be transferred to ourselves as non residents?

Ahhh, there are two types of grants, the grant from the Region, which is likely to be lowish, and the grant from the EU, which can be quite high, for instance, I have a similarly sized peice of land, growing cereal crops, rented to a local man, who then re-lets it to another farmer, keeping the EU grant for himself, the EU grant is to keep the land in "Agricultural" use and is dependant on the crops grown and the person claiming, and can increase year on year to, possibly quite high (5 or 600 € per Ha.) the man renting my land pays me a fair rent and keeps the land in good condition (except this year, it is lying fallow). I would suggest that if your man wishes to carry on claiming the EU grant, he must rent from you, under contract and for a fixed term, speak to "Coldiretti", however, the downside is that you cannot do anything yourself with the land, other than things specified in the contract, cutting forewood, growing fruit and veg etc.,