The article considers some areas of development of livestock production in Russia, since in recent years many animal husbandry sectors have been actively developing, which can provide significant benefits not only to individual farmers, but also ensure import substitution and growth of gross domestic product. Its importance is determined not only by the fact that livestock production gives jobs to hundreds of thousands of Russians and increases the country's wealth, but also by what guarantees national food security, along with crop production. The total production is quite large, but the general state of animal husbandry in Russia is far from desired.