Crimean farmers will receive more than 380 million rubles for the development of animal husbandry

“As a result of such state support, in 2023 Crimean livestock breeders will purchase more than 600 heads of breeding young cattle, about 43 thousand heads of poultry, 200 heads of sheep and more than 1,000 heads of pigs. More than 250 million rubles are planned for the preservation of breeding breeding stock and the acquisition of breeding young animals of farm animals,” said Andrei Savchuk, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea.

Financing is also provided for the production of cow and goat MILK in the amount of 86.8 million rubles. Agricultural producers who are engaged in their own processing of milk and sell it to local milk processing enterprises can use budgetary funds.

It should be noted that in recent years, agricultural organizations, peasant (farmer) households and individual entrepreneurs have significantly increased milk production, in particular from 21% in 2016 to 43% in 2021. In the gross milk production in the republic, households traditionally remain leaders, in 2021 their share was 57%.

Crimean livestock breeders will also receive subsidies to support the breeding stock of cows, bulls of specialized MEAT breeds and livestock of sheep and goats (including ewes and goats older than a year), with the exception of breeding animals. They will provide them with support for the production of wool of fine-wool and semi-fine-wool breeds of sheep and much more.

As Andrei Savchuk emphasized, one of the key tasks is to attract investment to the industry.

“Let me remind you that four investment projects have been successfully operating in the republic for several years now. All of them are aimed at the development of dairy cattle breeding, the modernization, reconstruction and construction of livestock complexes, as well as the equipment of a dairy farm and the development of a family fur farm on the basis of a peasant (farm) economy,” the minister noted.

According to him, thanks to the investments received, these enterprises are rapidly developing. For example, they have increased the number of dairy herds, milk production, are building additional cowsheds, sheds for calves and forage cows, and are improving the dairy complex for raising heifers.