Russia: Tatarstan will introduce a new support measure for cattle breeding

This year Tatarstan will introduce a new support measure to compensate for part of the cost of raising cattle in the amount of 83.3 million rubles. To stimulate milk production, 1.3 billion rubles of subsidies are provided, which is 112 million rubles more than last year, said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov. This year, the number of cattle in the farms of the republic is planned to be increased to 643 thousand heads, including cows - up to 228 thousand, which is 2260 heads more than in 2022, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan said at a meeting of the Committee of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan on ecology, environmental management, agro-industrial and food policy. “Milk production is planned with an increase of 1.5%, meat and eggs - by 1%. It is planned to build 24 transitional facilities for 22 thousand heads and five new ones for 2 thousand heads, as well as 21 feed centers in 16 ...