Farms of all categories of the Lipetsk region for the period from January to August 2019 reduced the number of livestock, Lipetskstat shares information.
According to official statistics, from the first days of the year to August, local breeders increased milk production compared to 2018 kg per 1 cow.
Poultry farmers at the same time received a slight increase in egg production. If for the same reporting period of 2018, the average egg production of laying hens was 178 pcs. per 1 chicken, then in 2019 it is equal to 181 pcs. to chicken.
The number of cattle of the region was reduced. It amounted to 114 thousand goals (98% of the number for the period from January to July 2018).
Sheep and goats also became smaller - 98% (75.3 thousand heads). The number of pigs raised, on the contrary, increased - 101% (793.1 thousand). But here, the dynamics were insignificant and amounted to 0.7%.
It should be noted that the increase in the number of pigs can be explained by the start of investment projects implemented in the region.
Not so long ago, the Cherkizovo group launched the construction of pig farms, where 1.4 billion rubles were invested. And the local company Vvedeno is modernizing pig farms by investing 200 million rubles in this.