Taking a lesson from
the dzud that saw herders lose 8.1 million animals and left the national
economy poorer by MNT350 billion, all provincial and soum governors have been
asked to prepare grass for local use. With 6.7 million of the 9.1 million
animals new births this spring growing up healthy, the Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Light Industry estimates that the livestock population will
stand at 41.5 million in the winter. 

Herders will receive
grass from soum and provincial reserves before asking for supply from the State
reserve. The animal fodder harvest is expected to be 988,500 tons nationwide.