In the Russian regions begin to act grants to support crop production from the Federal budget of the Altai, the farmers received the first tranche of state loans.

Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov praised the work of the Governor of Altai Krai on the distribution of Federal funds. "If the Governor himself actively engaged in solving problems in agriculture, concerned for farmers, for the upcoming sowing campaign, he promptly decides the allocation of funds for households", - he said.

Portal "Russian planet" reportsthat 3 billion rubles have already received Stavropol Krai, Chelyabinsk oblast and Altai Krai and Altai has already transferred to farmers half of the amount. Just Altai farmers this year will receive about 4 billion rubles of state, of which about 1 billion regional funds, the rest is Federal.

Also it is reportedthat the farmers of the Penza region are listed 920 million. According to the Ministry of agriculture of the Penza region, subsidies directed Penza agricultural producers for the provision of disjoint support in crop production, including for the spring field work, for compensation of interest rates on investment and short-term credits, as well as to compensate agricultural producers for 1 kg of sold milk. The total amount of support from the Federal budget amounted to more than 1.7 billion rubles.

Recall that the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a conference call on measures to ensure the implementation in 2015 seasonal field work required to accelerate the delivery of funds to agricultural enterprises.