These funds - part of the so-called "crisis package", aimed at support of agricultural producers.

Assistance will be provided primarily by the recently established farms, as well as those that have recently invested in their production. After all, these farms now have large debts.

The income of Finnish farmers decrease due to the Russian embargo. In 2015, they have dropped by 40%, which is the largest drop among the countries of the European Union. According to the Central organization of agricultural producers of Finland (MTK), the Finnish farmers ' income fell from 16.9 million euros (2014) to 9.7 million euros (2015).

According to experts of the Russian trade representation in Finland, from the Russian food embargo suffered the most of the Finnish dairy industry. Before the introduction of restrictions by the Russian Federation of export of dairy products to Russia grew. In the structure of Finnish food exports to Russia dairy products amounted to 93.1% of "thepresence" (47,7% cheeses and cottage cheese, 26,1% - butter, 19,4% - milk, kefir, yogurt, whey). The weight of the commodity positions prohibited for import in Russia, at the time the embargo was about 0.6 percent of Finnish exports in General, and 7% of exports of goods to the Russian Federation on an annual basis.

In March 2016 Finnish farmers held in Helsinki protest demonstration on tractors. Farmers demanded the government to compensate losses from the Russian food embargo.