Published on: 15 February 2017

Cattle stock increases further

The increase of the cattle stock, lasting since 2010, continued. The pig stock was reduced by 138 thousand and the sheep stock by 69 thousand in the last six months. The chicken stock was 436 thousand lower than a year earlier.

On 1 December 2016:

17 thousand more cattle were surveyed compared to 1 December 2015, their number reached 838 thousand. The cow stock increased by 12 thousand to 379 thousand over a year.

The number of pigs was 2.9 million, 237 thousand fewer than a year earlier. The number of breeding sows was lowered by 20 thousand compared to the stock in December 2015.

The number of chickens was 32 million, 436 thousand fewer than one year earlier. The stock of laying hens was 11.4 million, lessening by 971 thousand over a year.

The sheep stock was 1.2 million, 32 thousand fewer, while the number of ewes was 805 thousand, 43 thousand fewer than in December 2015.

In December 2016 compared to June 2016:

Cattle and cow stocks both increased, the former by 6 thousand and the latter by 2 thousand.

The number of pigs was reduced by 138 thousand, and the number of breeding sows became 6 thousand fewer.