The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation did not rule out state support for beef cattle breeding in private farms

State support for personal subsidiary farms (PSPs) is planned to be extended to beef cattle breeding if there is a successful experience of its application in crop production this year. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Andrey Razin. "It should be noted that this year we have the first attempt to support private household plots in crop production. (...) Let's see how we work on vegetables and in general. If the practice is recognized as positive, then we will absolutely look at the possibility of expanding support measures, including private household plots engaged in beef cattle breeding," the deputy minister said at the forum "Development of sheep breeding in the North Caucasus." Razin noted that a large number of livestock are kept in private farms. “LPH is the sector of the economy with which we definitely need to work. And we also see this in the ministry,” he said. The Deputy Minister also said that a ...