Due to the war, Ukraine lost 233,700 cows

Published Dec 26, 2022

Tridge summary

The article highlights a significant decline in the number of cows kept in Ukraine, with a 8.4% decrease in dairy farms and a 15.9% decrease in households since 2021, largely due to the impact of the war. The most significant losses have been in areas occupied or heavily shelled, with some farmers transporting livestock to safer regions. As of now, the majority of cows are located in the Poltava, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv regions. The future of the dairy industry in Ukraine is uncertain due to ongoing war, port difficulties, falling global dairy prices, and decreased domestic purchasing power.

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Original content

According to the State Statistics Service, in general, dairy farms kept 386,000 cows on December 1, which is 8.4% or 35,600 less than in the corresponding period of 2021. As of December 1, households kept 994,000 cows, which is 15.9% or 188,100 less than in 2021. Since February, the homestead sector has reduced maintenance by 135,000 head. The dairy industry suffered the greatest losses in the first months of the war. Occupation of the territories, shelling did not allow to work. Interruptions with milking had a negative impact on the health of animals, which subsequently led to culling. After the "shock period", industrial farms from the front and near-front zones tried to transport livestock to the safer regions of the Western and Central regions. This is one of the factors why we can now see rapid population growth in a number of areas. For example, in Ternopil region the increase is 17.5% (16.1 thousand), in Odesa - 14.5% (6.3 thousand), and in Ivano-Frankivsk - 12.2% (4.6 ...

Source: MilkUA