July 17, 2008
Ukraine poultry population up 11.6 percent in June
In June 2008, Ukraine's poultry population rose 11.6 percent or 21.4 million heads from May 2008 to 205.6 million heads, according to the State Statistics Committee.
Private farms saw a population growth of 21.2 percent or 21.1 million heads, while specialised farms population increased 0.4 percent or 306,000 million heads.
Compared with July 1, 2007, poultry population grew 3.3 percent or 6.5 million heads.
On an on-year basis, poultry population in specialised farms climbed 10.5 percent or 8 million heads while private farms population declined 1.3 percent or 1.5 million heads.