From the beginning of the year until November 7, financial institutions working with the Russian agricultural sector allocated 994 billion rubles for lending to seasonal field work. This is 4,7% more than for the same period in 2022 (949,7 billion rubles).
This summer, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation suspended accepting applications for preferential loans for farmers due to an increase in the key rate by the Bank of Russia. It was planned to relaunch the support mechanism at the end of September.
To resume work in this area, the state allocated an additional 55 billion rubles, increasing the limit of subsidies for short-term loans by 30%.
The area of unused land exceeded 30 million hectares
As part of the work to create a unified federal map-scheme, information was obtained on agricultural lands in 36 regions of the country. According to the Deputy Minister...