The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has announced changes to the livestock subsidies for 2023, providing 107.6 billion tenge, with 42.2 billion tenge dedicated to beef cattle breeding. The new subsidy rules, under development, aim to exclude certain subsidies for keeping breeding sire and purchasing imported breeding bulls, as well as investment subsidies for building new feedlots. These changes are expected to be approved soon, despite criticism from industry chambers that more than 21,000 farms could lose state support, potentially leading to the slaughter of 15,000 breeding bulls for meat factories. The Ministry remains confident that these changes will not affect the production of meat products, which already meets or exceeds the population's demand for various meats and processed products.