OREANDA-NEWS.  September 06, 2012. It has been listed at 57.5 million UAH in accounts of farmers in all regions of Ukraine, according to the program to pay the state financial subsidies for the maintenance and preservation of young cattle. This was announced by Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk.

"We are getting requests from peasants to receive budget subsidies for the maintenance and preservation of young cattle. Summarizing the current results, we can say that from the beginning of the program it was served 131.9 thousand applications for the maintenance of 188.5 thousand calves for a total of 71 million UAH. Now peasants have already received 57.5 million UAH" - Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

The minister said that each month government financial subsidies for the maintenance and preservation of young cattle is paid regularly.

"Today, we see that the peasants are increasingly interested in the preservation and maintenance of young cattle. The number of applications is growing. The number and, accordingly, the amount of milk and meat entering the market are increasing. This testifies to the success of the program and make us sure that the cattle stock will certainly rise, which has been not seen in 20 years. With this in mind, the Government is constantly improving the program, attracting an increasing number of peasants to participate"- Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

Recall that the number of applications received in July is doubled compared to June. Also in August, the peasants were able to qualify for government support, not only for a calf born on the farm, but also purchased, donated, exchanged, etc.