Serbian Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamočić said there is not enough money in the budget for a second round of direct payments for crop production. He responded to Studentska lista after reports that subsidies for arable production had not been paid and that five public calls by the City of Belgrade for subsidies were cancelled despite published preliminary and final rankings. In his statement, the minister said the figure mentioned in public, up to 17,000 dinars per hectare, was never promised as an equal and guaranteed amount for all producers. He added that announcing and running a call for a measure without secured funding would be unlawful and could lead to criminal liability. Glamočić also said funds have not disappeared or been spent on the wrong purposes. He claimed all previously paid amounts were used according to law and for the purpose for which they were approved. He pointed to what he called clear and transparent implementation, saying the public had been regularly informed about measures, payments, and the pace of execution. He said producers who received transfers can verify, and stated that more than 100 billion dinars have already been paid to farmers from the agrarian budget this year, while the Ministry of Finance has provided 11 billion dinars for excise duty fuel rebates. Addressing the dispute, he said transport blockades and interruptions to regular functioning have consequences for producers, including impacts on usable roads, supply, sales, and business stability. The latest status is that the issue remains a contested dispute over subsidy payments and budget availability, with no police action or court outcome described in the report.