Chelyabinsk Region Minister of Agriculture Ivan Feklin announced at the Governor Administration meeting that 1.4 billion RUR had to be invested in the spring sowing campaign. The minister reported 197 million RUR were contributed from the federal budget in the form of fuel subsidies, 434 million RUR came from the regional provision fund, with 300 million RUR spent on combustive-lubricating stuffs and fuel and the rest on herbicides, high quality grains, fodder crops, vegetable and corn seeds.