In may, the volume of agricultural production increased by 1% in annual terms and reached 352, 8 thous billion.

The number of cattle in farms of all agricultural producers at the end of may was 19.1 million head, which is 1.4% lower than a year earlier. In particular, the number of cows decreased by 0.9% to 8.1 million, sheep and goats — by 4.7%, to 25 million, While the number of pigs, according to statistics, grew by 3.3% to 25.1 million

In January — may 2019 in farms of all categories produced 5.7 million MT of cattle and poultry for slaughter (in live weight), 12 million tons of milk and 18.3 billion eggs.

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