Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister R. Vinoth presented Tamil Nadu's Agriculture Budget for 2026–27. Free electricity for farmers gets ₹7,432 crore, soil fertility measures ₹600 crore and farm mechanisation for 24,000 farmers ₹227.2 crore.
Other measures: a ₹2 crore Farmers AI Scheme, Soil Health Cards for 1 lakh farmers, Velan Kadugal Thittam for agroforestry (₹17.7 crore), Annal Ambedkar Velan Udhavi Thittam for SC/ST farmers (₹56.7 crore), TN Millet Mission (₹63.81 crore), a Cotton Revolution Movement, 57,000-tonne shallot storage and drone training for 500 farmers under Vetri Vanmagal Thittam. Foodgrain target: 131 lakh tonnes in five years.