During the years of the political and economic transition, consultant firms working for sheep state farms and cooperatives closed down. In the best period, these firms were involved in service and trading activities. They also had indirect effect on small farms via their work for bigger cooperatives. In the last couple of years a new extension service system has developed with state subsidies, and this is not involved in trade any more. There is also an external organization (ACDI/VOCA) involved in the extension service that -in cooperation with the local system- is supporting the establishment of the new type of integration. The operation of different extension services is summarized in this work.