Kazakhstan to import about 72 thousand head of beef cattle
18:10, 12 April 2011
ASTANA. April 12. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ Kazakhstan is going to import about 72 thousand head of purebred beef cattle for boosting the country's animal husbandry sector. KazAgroOnim JSC has informed of it at a briefing today.
According to the company's representatives, over 82% of cattle are raised currently at low-productive private farms. As a result, such farms have become the main suppliers of beef products at the domestic markets.
This year Kazakhstan has set to implementation of a special program "Sybaga" which aims at providing loans to the country's farms. Due to such financing the farmers will be able to buy breeding stock and bulls and increase the number of beef cattle head.