Milk Cow Husbandry Since these facilities constituting the great majority of the industry of the city cannot find adequate amount of raw materials, they operate under their set-in capacities and/or as seasonal. A modern milk cow husbandry facility can meet the need of raw materials of dairy industry.

Furthermore, policies and incentives carried out throughout the country for increase in the consumption of milk per person which is under the average of Europe bring the milk and dairy products as a promising industry.

Advantages obtained from both the raw materials brought by the husbandry activities and the cultural characteristics of the people living in the region throughout the history have enabled the production of milk and dairy products, especially kashar and gruyere cheese to be common. The people in the region have maintained the kashar and gruyer cheese production which they had learned from Russian and Caucasian people with whom they had constant contact up to today.

Thanks to the investments made in the milk cow husbandry, launch of the production can be realized within a short time. Milk is a product which is produced daily and can be profited in short time.

Cattle Breeding

The most solution suggestion in the realization of efficiency increase in husbandry activities both in the country and the region is to generalize the adaptable and highly productive types by realizing the eugenics.



Supporting programs in the recent years are increasing. As a result of these policies, culture stock number in Kars and neighbor provinces in 10-year-period increases with the rate of 80% and the cross breeding animal number has been doubled.

Husbandry support programs carried out in the provinces within the region present significant advantages for the establishment of modern facilities. So, purchasing the culture or hybrid races which can adapt the the region is encourages. The closest facility for the eugenics works to be carried out in the region is in Middle Anatolia and the breeders purchase Culture and Hybrid animal races from outside of the region or from abroad in return of high costs.

Major scaled cattle breeding facility to be established in the province will have a large market network by meeting the demands of Kars and neighbor provinces.

Separating the great majority of the agricultural lands of the province and having 2 feed factories in the province will meet the need of feed. Also, it is thought that any difficulty in accessing to other raw materials will not show up.

When taken into consideration that the transportation infrastructure with the public investments in recent years has come a long way, it is foreseen that any problem will not show up in both establishment phase and sales phase.

When taken into consideration that the fundamental economical activity in the region is husbandry and the majority of the employment is densed in the agriculture industry, required labor force can be provided easily and with reasonable costs. Veterinary Faculty which has a past for 36 years and Caucasus University established 26 years ago provide opportunity for the investors in meeting the need of technical personnel.

Great majority of the territories in the province’s consisting of meadows and pasturelands, land consolidation activities realized recently, completion of the titling of the lands in the province show the suitability of the region for investments. At the same time with the realization of the Agriculture-Oriented Training Stock Organized Industry Site, opportunity of finding organized field for the husbandry activities will be provided.

The region climate has a suitable structure for forage plants and forage husbandry and if feed is provided for the animals, the winter conditions are not considered to affect the investor.

Meat Farming



Animal protein consumption per person in the country is under the level of the developed countries. The demand for the red meat in the last years are met by the animals of which carcass efficiency is high which are imported. Feeding and consumption habits of the population living in Turkey, young population and the income level of the population are taken into consideration, increases for each unit in such factors show that the meat products will be consumed with a higher rate. Recognition of the animals bred in Kars - Ardahan region, which is one of the leading centers in bovine breeding with its richness in meadows and forages throughout the country and high demand in the country can be considered as a big opportunity for the facility to be established in terms of market conditions.

Breeding animal import suitable for the conditions in the country and region has been carried out to use for the eugenics of the domestic races in the country and region in the near period because of this demand. Also the vaccines and raw materials for feeding used for the animal health can be provided both in the province and outside of the region easily.

Cuisine culture of the Turkish people focuses on meat and increase of the urbanization rate in our country, comprehending the importance of animal protein consumption and gaining awareness of the community in terms of health are the factors affecting the demand for meat and meat products positively.

In addition to the support mechanisms encouraging the animal products in the agriculture and husbandry industry in Turkey and increasing the product qualities and improving the marketing services, there are various support mechanisms for meat farming. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Husbandry, Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK) and incencive system are the fundamental support mechanisms and Kars is one of the regions which are mostly encouraged in sectoral basis.

Beekeeping

Kars is one of the first places in our country to be thought of when it comes to beekeeping and there are more than 600 plant variations in Kars. In addition to the large forages and climate which is suitable during summer, Kars is the natural living area for Bees.

Upon the geographical marking of Kars Honey, an important step has been taken towards the branding. The process of receiving geographical mark is financed within the scope of financial and technical supports by Serhat Development Agency. The application form created as result of the researches was presented to Turkish Patent and Trademark Office on 23 December 2016 and announced in Geographical Mark bulletin in February 2018 and the certification of Kars Honey became final in August 2018. One of the most significant factors of geographical marking is that it is demonstrating the resource and reliability of a product. Therefore, the honey products which do not carry National Geography sign emblem and Kars Honey logo cannot be marketed under the name of Kars Honey.

When the factors such as land condition, environmental circumstances, incentive measures are taken into consideration, beekeeping investment is coming to the forefront as a suitable investment in Kars.

Goose Breeding and Goose Integrity Facility

Goose breeding in Turkey is carried out by the families engaged in agriculture and husbandry in almost each region of Turkey especially the inner parts of Eastern and Middle Anatolia and Aegean Region. Goose breeding which is carried out to earn a livelihood because of availability in the amount has a significant market potential. Meat and liver of goose is used as food while its features are used as a isolation material of great quality for protection against the cold. Goose meat is of great importance in Europe, especially in France and its consumption rate is as high as chicken on annual base. So, the export potential of the product is high and its usage area in the manufacturing industry is wide.

Since goose are the animals which can be fed properly, according to the scientific researches, their feeding costs are 30% less than the other poultry farming. Goose breeding in a province which has meadow and forage of quality is much less expensive compared to other poultries.

The access of goose to domestic and international markets will be much easier by the realization of the operation of international airport building, investments in logistic center to be established in Kars and the railway of Baku-Tiflis-Kars and continues proceeding of the transportation network in the country.

Heating costs of the shelters for goose breeding in open area is much less than the shelters for other poultries generally.

The industry is not only suitable for the young labor force opportunity but also the female employment. Since numerous families in the region are engaged in this occupation, it is assumed that there will not be any problem to show up in finding experienced labour force.

Goose which have more physiological advantageous compared to the other poultries can adopt to the severe climate conditions in the region. Because they are more resistant to diseases, medicine costs are low, so these facts decrease the total cost in the end.

Meat Products (Charcuterie)

When it comes to bovine breeding in Turkey, one of the provinces to come to the mind firstly Kars has 505.324 bovine animals in 2017 according to the TUIK data. This increase alive animal presence paves the way for the investments of Meat Products (Charcuterie). Even if increase in meat consumption per person in Turkey year by year causes the country to have a great market opportunity in terms of meat and meat products, having a low population dense of Kars and the neighbor provinces and Turkey’s being away from the consumption centers relatively limit the market opportunities.

Environmental and climate conditions do not create a strong pressure on investment of meat products. The major deficiencies in this field are the inadequacy in senior manager and technical personnel number, current business facilities’ not being able to use the finance opportunities properly and business facilities’ not being able to get into the branding process in the province. Great amount of alive animal from Kars is transferred to the provinces which have more improved in the industry such as Kayseri and Yozgat.

Subsidies on Investment, TKDK, SERKA and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been carrying out very strong incentive measures for the development of husbandry which is of great importance in the economical life of the province. Kars provides a strong potential for professional business facilities in meat products investments.

Milk Products (Cheese Making) According to the official statistics, 573.221 tones of milk were produced in Kars in 2017 and almost all of this milk were used in kashar cheese and gruyere cheese in the province where pasteurized milk and yogurt making are not common. Kashar cheese is of high demand both in province and Turkey and Geographical Marking Certified Kars Kashar Cheese specifically is of an important preference reason in Turkey. All kashar cheese produced are sold easily; and the major problem of the business facilities engaged in kashar cheese making is in adequacy of raw material (milk) and its seasonality. Forage husbandry is carried out in the province mostly and cince the breeders can hardly afford for feed in the long winter months especially, they carry out the care, breeding, birth and milk production for the animals according to the seasons. Therefore, while the dairy farms can collect the milk amount they want easily in the spring, they have to operate under their capacities because the animals go to forage in summer and the milk production decreases in winter.

Despite of this negative impact of the climate, cheese production is carried out in compliance with both hygiene standards and market conditions within large capacity and modern facilities. There are supports of various institutions for especially R&D, innovation, branding, different marketing methods and Kars provides a great potential for these facilities which can carry out these applicaitons.

Mixed Feed

Being rich in meadow and forage presence, having tendency in forage plant breeding, having great amount of irrigable lands at the same time create an opportunity for the supply of raw materials.

Mixed feed is an important application which guarantees the efficiency for winter breeding of animals in the facilities carrying out conscious husbandry. When taken into consideration that the awareness of the breeders in the region in this matter has increased and they have directed to silage feed, interest for mixed feed is known to increase gradually.

With the impacts of severe winter conditions in our region, inadequacy of the feed sources and not being able to get to the efficiency intended out of the animals are problems we have faced.