The Chelyabinsk region in 2023 will allocate 240 million rubles to support the construction of livestock complexes

According to the press service, last year four enterprises received support from the regional budget for the construction of livestock complexes, which allowed them to compensate for about a third of the construction costs.

So, SPK "Koelginskoye" named after Shundeev I.N. modernized two cowsheds for 150 heads each, built two calves for 330 heads; LLC "Sovkhoz Akbashevsky" launched the first stage of a new dairy farm for 400 heads; LLC "Plemzavod" has completed the first stage of construction of a livestock complex - a farm for 320 cows with a milking unit for 72 places. Also, a subsidy from the regional budget was received by OOO "Preduralye" for the modernization of a dairy farm for 400 heads, the construction of a milking dairy block.

As the press service notes, also this year it is planned to allocate subsidies in the amount of 185 million rubles from the regional budget to support animal husbandry, including 20 million for the purchase of breeding young animals.

In addition, on the terms of co-financing from the regional and federal budgets for livestock breeders, two more areas of state support are provided - stimulating and compensating subsidies. The total amount of assistance for them will amount to 214.7 million rubles.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the region, in January-February 2023, the productivity of dairy cows amounted to 1024 kg of milk per head, which is 11% more than in two months of last year. Gross milk production in January-February increased by 3.8% - up to 27.2 thousand tons.