Cattle, the second most populous livestock, are dual-purpose breeds that resemble Brown Swiss and Holstein. Horses, first domesticated in Central Asia 5,000 years ago, have many uses and are an integral part of the Kazakh culture and way of life. Horses are still the primary mode of transportation. They are also raised for meat and milk. Horse sausage is very popular.
Camels are a traditional livestock for Central Asia.
They are kept for meat, milk and fiber, as well as a beast of burden. Privatization In Kazakhstan, state and collective farms are gradually giving way to smaller, private farms. Private farmers are generally given both steppe for grazing and irrigated land for growing crops. Crops grown in South Kazakhstan include corn, small grain, hay, melons and cotton. It goes without saying that farmers face many challenges and difficulties as they attempt to overcome the legacy left behind from seventy years of communism.