According to the preliminary data, at the end of the I quarter of 2023 the number of bovine animals decreased by 8.4 percent compared to the I quarter of 2022 and reached 929.8 thousand heads. Of which, the total number of dairy cows and buffaloes equaled 448.2 thousand heads, which is 4.3 percent less than the same indicator of the previous year. The number of pigs equaled to 159.5 thousand heads which is 6.3 percent less than at the same period of the previous year. The number of poultry decreased by 10.5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and equaled 9.2 million heads.
According to the preliminary data, in the I quarter of 2023 milk production decreased by 5.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 105.7 million litres. Meat production increased by 8.4 percent from the same period of the previous year and equaled 18.1 thousand tons. In the I quarter of 2023 egg production amounted to 169.9 million pieces which is 2.7 percent more than in the same period of the previous year.
