Agriculture Ministry proposes updating procedure for checking varieties and hybrids for subsidies

Russian Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a new procedure for verifying information on agricultural crops for compliance with the conditions for state support for integrated scientific and technical projects in the agro-industrial complex, according to the draft order. The procedure is planned to take effect from January 1, 2027.

The information will be checked by a federal budgetary institution authorized to maintain the State Register of Varieties and Hybrids of Agricultural Plants Approved for Use.

For crops included in the register before December 31, 2024, the institution will use the register data as of that date. For those included later, it will use information from the application to enter the variety or hybrid into the register and conduct trials, current as of the date of submission.

The checks are proposed to be carried out quarterly, no later than the 15th day of the month following the reporting quarter. Separately, the document provides for a check to be carried out by January 15, 2027.

Based on the results, the institution will compile a list of crops meeting the conditions for subsidies. It will be approved by the head of the institution, after which the document will be sent to the Agriculture Ministry within two working days.

The ministry will have to post the list on its official website no later than ten working days after receiving the letter.

The new procedure is linked to the subsidy rules set out in Appendix No. 22(2) to the state program for agricultural development. They regulate reimbursement of part of the costs incurred by customers of integrated scientific and technical projects in the agro-industrial complex.

At the same time, it is proposed to declare invalid the Agriculture Ministry order of December 17, 2025 No. 802, which established the verification procedure under the previous support rules for priority areas of the agro-industrial complex.