As of November 1, the cattle population in Ukraine was estimated at 2.021 million heads, which is 3% lower than the figure for the same date a month earlier, including cows at 1.105 million heads (-1.5%). This was reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, writes APK-Inform.
It is noted that the decrease in the number of cattle last month was recorded in households by 5.7%, to 1.07 million heads, while in agricultural enterprises it increased by 0.2%, to 947.1 thousand heads.
It is also reported that, according to the State Statistics Service, the pig population in Ukraine by the beginning of November decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month (to 4.83 million heads), the number of sheep and goats by 6.1% (to 864 thousand heads), and poultry by 3% (to 203.006 million heads).