News
03.02.2010
More pigs raised in Ukraine
The level of prices preserving in Ukraine during the past two years has encouraged increase in the population of pigs in 2009, the UkrAgroConsult analytical center reported.
As of January 1, 2010, all categories of farms had 7.135 million pigs.
The rise in the number of pigs, compared to the past year, was registered in the majority of Ukrainian regions, especially in Mykolaiv (+23%), Ivano-Frankivsk (+29.1%) and Donetsk (+21.8%) regions. In Volyn region alone the population of pigs decreased (-0.5%).
Compared to December 2008, the number of pigs at all farms rose by 9.3%.
UKRINFORM
