OREANDA-NEWS. July 27, 2012. It has been recorded an increase of cattle population in Ukraine for the first time since independence after government subsidies to farmers for fattening cattle.

This was started by Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov at the inauguration ceremony of the river dock terminal of branch office "Pereyaslavs’ka" of NIBULON Joint venture in Chyrske village of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi district.

"This year, the number of cattle increased for 152 thousand heads," - he stressed.

According to the PM, since 1990, when there were 25 million head of cattle in Ukraine, each year this figure had been decreased, reaching 4.9 million heads.