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In the second quarter of this year, the number of cattle and laying chickens increased, decrease in dairy cows and broilers in South Korea

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South Korea
Published Jul 26, 2022

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In the second quarter of this year, the number of domestic cattle, laying hens, ducks and pigs increased, while the number of dairy cattle and broilers decreased. According to the “Livestock Trend Survey for the Second Quarter of 2022” recently released by the National Statistical Office, the number of Korean cattle raised in the second quarter was 3511,000, an increase of 112,000 (3.3%) compared to the same period last year. The increase in the breeding intention of farms as the price of calf production has risen recently is considered to be the main reason for the increase in the number of breeding animals.

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In the second quarter of this year, the number of domestic cattle, laying hens, ducks, and pigs increased, while the number of dairy cattle and broilers decreased. According to the “Livestock Trend Survey for the Second Quarter of 2022” recently released by the National Statistical Office, the number of Korean cattle raised in the second quarter was 3511,000, an increase of 112,000 (3.3%) compared to the same period last year. The increase in the breeding intention of farm households as the price of calf production has risen recently is considered to be the main reason for the increase in the number of breeding animals. The number of laying hens was 7,3073,000, an increase of 7202,000 (10.9%) compared to a year ago. It is believed that the base effect occurred as the stocking of chicks was delayed after large-scale culling was carried out due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) early last year. The number of ducks raised also reached 9.764,000, an ...
Source: Nongmin
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