Ministry of Agriculture: Russian farmers are provided with fuels and lubricants for field work
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The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation denied media reports about a fuel shortage among farmers, saying that supplies of fuel and lubricants are proceeding as normal and fully satisfy the needs of agricultural producers.
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Russian farmers are provided with all the necessary fuels and lubricants during seasonal field work, and the issue itself is under constant control of the federal and regional authorities. This is stated in a message on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The department, citing data from the Ministry of Energy, emphasized that supplies of motor fuel are carried out as usual in volumes that fully satisfy the needs of agricultural producers.
Thus, the ministry denied data from a number of media outlets about the difficulties that farmers are experiencing with the purchase of fuel. In particular, Forbes, citing market participants, noted that many agricultural producers, especially from the south of the country, have to look for fuel in other regions and overpay for it.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, periodically arising difficulties are dealt with promptly, and interdepartmental coordination makes it possible to reduce the risks of failures, guarantee the predictability of supplies and the stable conduct of seasonal field work.
“The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Energy, in cooperation with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), are systematically working to monitor prices and ensure the availability of fuel for farmers, including at the level of final suppliers,” the department concluded.
