Economics and Business Management

The article deals with the current state of development of meat cattle breeding, the dynamics of its main indicators, as well as factors that restrain the development of the industry. It has been determined that livestock is an extremely important branch of agriculture, but the instability of the socio-economic situation, the low level of concentration of capital in the agrarian sector, the disparity in prices between agricultural products and industrial products, and its consequences have caused chronic disorders in this area. The results obtained showed that the reduction of the number of animals and the deterioration of its qualitative composition led to a decrease in the quality of products, its production volume, and, as a consequence, a decrease in the coconsumption of valuable food. Therefore, in order to stabilize the situation, it is necessary to introduce a mechanism of state support for the development of livestock so that it is possible to restore the industry’s potential and provide the population with food and provide the country with stable international positions. It is substantiated that the essential condition of effective management in the field of meat cattle breeding is the active use of relations and advantages of market relations. Productive and economic relations in the meat products subcomplex of the agro-industrial complex should be based on mutually agreed cooperation at the stages of raw material production, processing, and consumption of the finished meat products, as well as the units of integrated production units. It has been proved that one of the decisive factors in the progressive development of the meat industry is the forage base core, the growth of the breeding core. It is noted that relations between producers of products of animal husbandry and processing enterprises should be based on an objectively justified pricing policy, which would exclude price disparity in the relations of participants in the meat products subcomplex of the agro-industrial complex

beef; increase of cattle; cattle breeding; efficiency; cost; profit; profitability