Cattle population in Ukraine decreased by 13.9 percent in January

As of February 1, 2023, the number of cattle in Ukraine was 2.3 million, which is 13.9% less than on the same date last year. At the same time, the number of cows decreased by 15.6% - to 1.3 million heads. This was reported by an analyst of the Association of Milk Producers, Giorgiy Kukhaleishvili, referring to the preliminary estimates of the State Statistics Service. In particular, the industrial sector keeps 931,600 cattle, which is 7.8% less than at the beginning of February last year. Of them, there are 388,200 cows - 9.1% less than in January 2022. In January 2023, the number of cattle in households decreased by 21.7%, as compared to the same period of the previous year, to 1.4 million heads. In particular, the number of cows decreased by 18.3% to 950.8 thousand. Livestock reduction is observed in all regions of Ukraine, with the exception of Khmelnytskyi region, where the number of cattle increased by 1.9%, as compared to February 1, 2022. At the same time, moderate ...