Prospects for the Development of the Dairy Industry in the Republic of Belarus and in the Russian Federation

In recent years, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus have implemented a set of organizational, managerial and economic-financial instruments, mechanisms and measures, the result of which is to increase production and export potential, strengthen the competitive position of producers in the domestic and foreign markets, as well as ensure national food security. Directly dairy cattle breeding in the countries is one of the most important livestock sectors with an increase in economic efficiency in agriculture. At the same time, a number of problems must be solved, including: modernization of the material and technical base on the basis of the introduction of modern technologies; development of the feed base due to feeds of high energy value and elimination of the deficit of white resources in the feed balance, etc. Based on this, the aim of the study is to substantiate the main trends in the development of the dairy cattle industry in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus related to the new management conditions. Materials and research methods. In the process of work, we used statistical, analytical, and abstract-logical research methods. The information base was compiled by the data of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation and the data of the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus.