Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Ukraine's livestock: pigs and poultry up, cattle down
Head of pigs in all categories of Ukrainian farms in November this increased 10.5 percent compared to November 2001 and reached 9.5 million heads. Head of poultry increased 7.2 percent, reaching 156.5 million.
As of December 1, 2002 the number of cattle in all categories of farms was 9.389 million heads - nearly by 134,000 heads less than in the same period the year before. Head of cows decreased 3.2 percent from last year - down to 4.8 million heads.