The livestock of cattle in Ukraine decreased by 4.4%, pigs - by 6.3%

The number of cattle in Ukraine as of May 1, 2018 was 3.94 million, which is 4.4% less than on the same date in 2017. This is reported by the State Statistics Service according to landlord.ua.

In general, the number of cattle in agricultural enterprises decreased by 3% to 1.19 million, in households - by 5% to 2.75 million. In addition, in all types of households, the number of cows decreased - by 3.8% to 2,032 million.

Also, the number of pigs decreased - by 6.3% to 6.18 million, sheep and goats - by 3.9% to 1.62 million.

At the same time, the number of poultry as of April 1, 2018 amounted to 201.08 million, which is 1.2% more than in the previous year.

Data are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol and part of temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Earlier it was reported that the cattle stock in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the zone of the ATO) in 2017 was 3.628 million, which is 1.5% less than in 2016. The number of pigs decreased by 8.2% to 6.12 million, sheep and goats grew by 0.1% to 1.316 million heads, poultry increased by 1.7% to 205.103 million.