Investments in fixed capital in Russia's agriculture sector decline 3.6% in 2025 - Central Bank of Russia

MOSCOW. March 12 (Interfax) - The volume of investments in fixed capital in Russia's agricultural sector declined 3.6% year-on-year in 2025, the Central Bank of Russia said in its Regional Economy report.

"Representatives of the sector more often than others noted the limiting impact of a lack of their own funds. Under these conditions, enterprises investing in 2025 identified government support measures as the main motivating factor," according to the report.

Specifically, a Ural poultry farm was reconstructed owing to a large subsidy under the regional program, thus increasing poultry production at the facility by 75%.

In the south, a company used subsidies to purchase agricultural machinery and replant its vineyards, which contributed to increased yields. Furthermore, the company received a preferential loan to construct a building to store and process wine products. In 2025, it also implemented an import-substitution project to manufacture and repair oak barrels, which it estimates will cover about half of the Russian market's demand for the product.

According to the report, companies surveyed in various industries predict that fixed capital investment will increase in nominal terms in 2026, though at a slow pace, with the momentum of existing investment projects largely driving this. For example, a dairy producer in the Tver Region continues to implement a project to create a new agricultural cluster in the region.