Abstract
The purpose of article is to study the state of the livestock economy in Kazakhstan, identify problems and justify promising directions for solving them for the industry. For the development of agriculture, the Concept for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2021-2030 was adopted. The study was conducted in the context of individual entrepreneurs, peasant or farm enterprises, and public farms. It has been established that livestock farming in Kazakhstan is developing at a high rate. There has been an increase in meat production in slaughter and live weight. In terms of the number of livestock, the largest increase was obtained in horses and cows, but in the number of pigs, goats, as well as in the production of chicken eggs, there was a decrease in indicators. Problems in the development of livestock farming in Kazakhstan are highlighted: lack of self-sufficiency in poultry meat and dairy products; imbalance of feed production; low efficiency of production organization in personal subsidiary plots of the population; tense epizootic situation regarding especially dangerous animal diseases, ineffectiveness of government control; deterioration of the material and technical equipment of state veterinary organizations; low level of personnel training; limited environmental monitoring.