Local farmers informed the correspondent of Turmush about this.
According to them, more and more sheep and rams of the Arashan breed have been arriving at the market.
“Previously, we witnessed elite purebred horses, cows, and bulls being sold for hundreds of thousands of soms or dollars. And now, sheep at the market are being valued in dollars and in hundreds of thousands of soms. Of course, there are also cheaper farm sheep — their price ranges from 6,000 to 15,000 soms. Good, well-fed farm sheep cost from 12,000 to 25,000 soms.
At the same time, sheep that are called Arashans but do not fully meet the standards are valued above 25,000 soms.
Average Arashans cost from 40,000 to 100,000 soms.
And pedigree Arashans are valued at the market at over 3,000 dollars,” local farmers said.
In April 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources and Regional Development registered a new Kyrgyz meat-fat breed of sheep called "Arashan".
The differences of the "Arashan" breed from other breeds are:
- The Kyrgyz meat-fat breed "Arashan" was developed between 1970 and 2021 in the farms of the Kyrgyz Republic. The breed was created using Gissar breed rams, imported from Tajikistan in 1977, which were crossed with local coarse-wool ewes. Animals of the second generation from this crossbreeding, meeting the desired type requirements, were bred "in themselves".
- The Kyrgyz meat-fat breed "Arashan" has excellent meat-fat qualities, is of large size, has a fat tail, high growth and development energy, and is highly adapted to being kept in high mountainous and valley steppes.
- Sheep of the Kyrgyz meat-fat breed "Arashan" have a compact body, satisfactory exterior, strong constitution, and light yet sturdy skeleton.
- Rams and ewes are polled.
- The live weight of 7-8 month old lambs is 48–61 kg, one-year-old young stock is 60-78 kg, and adult rams weigh 109-177 kg.
- Four genealogical lines have been formed.
In total, there are 5,832 sheep of this breed in the republic. The approximate cost of a lamb is 1,000 dollars, and sheep are priced at 5,000 dollars.
