The research relevance is connected with the need to increase dairy resources in small forms of farming, increase the level of organization of dairy cattle breeding, and form a stock of dairy products in the conditions of sanctions and embargo. Using the methods of economic research, the authors analyze the development of dairy cattle breeding in the Republic of Tatarstan. Moreover, the authors reveal current trends in production, procurement, and sales of milk and milk products by agricultural producers of different management forms. Additionally, the authors reveal the reserves for increasing the efficiency of the potential use in the dairy sector. The authors develop proposals for expanding economic activity in cattle breeding for small farms. Moreover, the authors propose ways of increasing the role of consumer agricultural cooperation in the development of dairy cattle breeding in peasant (farm) enterprises and private subsidiary farms by improving the forms and methods of state support for the replenishment of dairy herds with pedigree cows. The authors also put forward proposals on creating consumer purchasing and marketing cooperatives to sell milk and dairy products produced by rural residents and farms. Additionally, it is proposed to increase the competitiveness of consumer purchasing and marketing cooperatives in the market of milk and dairy products by increasing scientific support for their activities.

В торговле молоком преобладает импорт над экспортом, что влияет на продовольственную безопасность страны. Обоснована возможность увеличения производства молока в России на основе структурных сдвигов среди видов организационно-правовых форм хозяйств, работающих в молочном животноводстве. Предложены меры по улучшению деловой активности в племенной работе и увеличению производства молока на основе внедрения инновационных проектов. Предлагается расширить предпринимательскую деятельность животноводов в молочном скотоводстве, повысить качество работы по увеличению доли племенного молочного скота. The milk trade is dominated by imports over exports, which affects the country's food security. The possibility of increasing milk production in Russia is justified on the basis of structural changes among the types of organizational and legal forms of farms operating in dairy farming. Measures to improve business activity in breeding work and increase milk production based on the introduction of innovative projects are proposed. It is proposed to expand the entrepreneurial activity of livestock breeders in dairy cattle breeding, to improve the quality of work to increase the share of breeding dairy cattle.