The result of eight years of reforming the beef cattle breeding sector was an increase in breeding stock. According to data at the beginning of 2019, the number of pedigree cattle of all breeds in Kazakhstan amounted to 824,000 heads, or 11.5% of the total cattle population. For comparison, in 2011 this figure was 5.6% of the total livestock of 5.7 million heads of cattle or 319,000 breeding stock.
The share of pedigree cattle bred in professional farms (farm, feeding grounds, pedigree reproducers), almost reached 50%. For comparison: in 2011, 85% of the total number of cattle was kept in private farms, and 15% in organized farms. Now Kazakhstan has about 25,000 farms, mainly small family-type companies.
Source: 24.kz.
