Novo-Ivanovo milk factory

The article presents data on the dynamics of increasing milk productivity, dairy products production, the sale of breeding heifers and calves, their economic indicators obtained during the improvement in different periods of cows of the red steppe breed and breeds related to them: red Danish, Angeln and in recent years - red-and-white Holstein breeds. To fully meet the standards of consumption of livestock products by the population, recommended by the Institute of Nutrition, it is necessary to increase the number of cows, increase their productivity and dairy production. A dynamic increase in the level of milk productivity, milk quality, a variety of dairy products and their profitability has been achieved in the farm due to the systematic improvement of the level of feeding and rational use of the genetic potential of the red steppe breed, enriched by the influence of related breeds. Thanks to the purposeful breeding work of farms such as the "Lenintsy" cooperative for the production of milk and dairy products, the population of the republic consumes 285 kg of milk and dairy products, which is 13 % and 11.7 % more than residents of the Russian Federation and of the North Caucasus Federal District.