In Kalmykia they intend to build nine feedlots for calves by the end of 2024

Acting Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Timur Gavaev said that the opening of new sites will allow keeping up to 3 thousand animals.

State support will help farmers in Kalmykia build nine feedlots for cattle by the end of 2024 ; about 50 million rubles have been allocated for these purposes from the federal budget under the Family Farm program. Acting Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Timur Gavaev reported this to TASS . "Farmers of the republic received grants under the Family Farm program, which will allow, according to the terms of the program, to build nine feedlots for Kalmyk breed calves in the region. The total amount of state support from the federal budget for these purposes is 49.1 million rubles, on average, farmers will receive 7 million rubles. Some will open sites before the end of this year, although according to the terms of the program they have the right to do this until the end of 2024,” he said. it is planned that the opening of new feedlots will allow keeping up to 3 thousand calves. Now in the republic, according to the regional departments of the agro-industrial complex, there are 77 feedlots for about 20.4 thousand heads of cattle. “Over the last year, the situation in livestock farming has been stabilized in the republic; we have grown in terms of indicators by about 5 thousand heads to 362.6 thousand heads of cattle. The organization of a family farm in a populated area is a point of economic development in it: jobs, taxes. The tasks set by the Russian President for food security in the region are personally monitored by the HEAD of the region, Batu Khasikov. We intend to popularize the Kalmyk MEAT brand,” added the agency’s interlocutor. Kalmykia is a predominantly agricultural republic, where 80% of gross agricultural output is produced. accounts for livestock farming. Kalmyk State University works in close conjunction with enterprises of Kalmykia. On its basis, the first laboratory in RUSSIA for embryo transfer of large and small livestock and artificial insemination has been created, and its products , experts note, have high EXPORT potential. Meat from the steppe republic. Known for its exceptional taste far beyond the region, it is valued by gourmets. In Kalmykia, natural grazing of animals is practiced in the steppe, where there are more than two hundred species of grass. Due to the hot sun, they turn into a natural concentrate of useful substances, with a minimum of excess moisture, which provides the meat with taste and aroma without the use of any industrial technologies.