Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: How is the spring sowing campaign coming along? This is the main issue today.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev Patrushev DmitryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation : Mr President, thank you very much. I have prepared a special presentation that outlines the overall situation in agriculture and the environmental sector.

I will begin with the spring sowing campaign, of course. The sector is operating quite steadily. Under the 2026 plans, we aim to sow crops over an area of 83 million hectares. The area sown with winter crops in 2025 was 20 million hectares, and 97 percent of winter crops have survived the winter in good condition. This bodes well for a good harvest in 2026.

The spring sowing campaign has faced challenges in several regions due to adverse weather conditions, but farmers used all good weather windows to catch up. To date, they have sown over half of the planned areas.

It is extremely important during the sowing campaign to promptly supply our farmers with all the necessary resources. The Government has coordinated a set of measures to this end.

I would like to emphasise that we will continue the subsidised leasing projects to maintain the availability of agricultural equipment. The amount of equipment supplied under these projects this year is nearly 50 percent larger than last year.

To be continued.