Lut called concessional lending the main measure of support for the agricultural sector.

"Concessional lending is the main support measure. Basically, our industry has been growing through preferential loans since 2014, mainly when growth began. This has never happened to anyone, everyone confirms it," she said.

Luth noted that the Ministry of Finance is trying to create a similar "miracle", which happened in the case of the development of projects of the Ministry of Agriculture. According to her, this growth has occurred due to the right support measures.

"The most important thing for us is to maintain lending volumes and even increase them so that we go through all the necessary stages of our activities," said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Earlier in the day, Lut pointed to increased support for the production of fruits and berries, noting that this is a good niche for small businesses. She added that in 2025 it was possible keep support measures at 15 billion rubles.

On the eve of January 23, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that the Russian government would send more than 42 billion rubles for providing preferential loans to the agro-industrial complex. The remaining funds will be used to finance the activities of entrepreneurs who produce dairy and meat products, fruit processing, as well as projects in the field of breeding and genetics to improve domestic plant varieties and develop animal husbandry, he said.Before that, on December 5 last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin Putin reported that Russia ranks first in the world in wheat supplies. In addition, the country's agro-industrial complex has significantly strengthened since the late Soviet era: for example, in 1988, the Soviet Union purchased more than 35 million tons of grain for itself, and Russia exported 66 million tons of such products in 2023.