OREANDA-NEWS. February 20, 2013. As in 2012, Ukraine was able to stabilize and increase the stock of cattle by 1.8% to 4.5 million heads, and then in 2013 to further the revival of sector the state continues to support the implementation of appropriate programs.

By the end of this year will be increased the stock of cattle is almost 2%, or up to 4.6 million heads. In particular, it is planned that the most growth will occur in the livestock farms of individuals by 2.4%.

Due to the effective implementation of the state program of livestock revival last year it was managed to consolidate the trend of gradual revival of beef and dairy cattle. In particular, the number of cattle increased by 1.8%, or by 78.1 thousand. And, as of January 1, in Ukraine there is 4503.9 thousand heads of cattle in all categories of farms.