Abstract
The material of the article characterizes the development of dairy cattle breeding in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the period 2017-2021. Attention is focused on the role of the industry in the formation of a fullfledged level of nutrition of the country's population. The detailed dynamics of the number of cattle, including cows, is given. The indicators of gross milk production and milk yield per cow are analyzed in detail. The results of the number of livestock and productivity of cows in the context o f various organizational and legal forms of management are presented. The reasons for both positive and negative dynamic trends are indicated. A number of measures aimed at improving the parameters of the industry development are proposed.