2 billion rubles in grant support: 66 new farms in Dagestan in 5 years

According to him, in total, since 2018, 380 farmers of the republic have received grant support for almost 1.9 billion rubles, thanks to which 804 new jobs were created, 11.2 thousand heads of cattle and 2.5 thousand heads of small ruminants were purchased. livestock.

The Minister also stressed that the first steps are being taken in the region to develop dairy sheep breeding. “Thus, the Sogratl agricultural firm purchased rams-producers of the French dairy breed of Lakoni sheep, whose productivity reaches 300 liters of MILK per year, which is 10 times more than that of our Dagestan mountain breed,” the HEAD of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic quoted the press service as saying. .

Earlier it was reported that in Dagestan it is planned to build a dairy farm for 400 fodder cows. The project involves the construction of buildings and structures, the acquisition of a breeding dairy herd, automated milking of cows, the creation of modern workshops for the processing of milk and MEAT, the construction of a feed workshop, the cultivation of hydroponic green fodder, etc. In the future, it is planned to increase the number of cattle to 1 thousand heads, small cattle - up to 5 thousand heads, yaks - up to 800 heads, and horses - up to 200 heads.