According to the State statistics service of Ukraine, the number of cattle in the country for 2014, according to preliminary data, decreased by 3.4% to 4,248 million heads. While the number of cows in the last year decreased by 3.2% to 2,364 million, According to state statistics, last year the number of pigs decreased by 1.9% to 7,615 million heads of sheep and goats - by 1.8% to 1,474 million heads, poultry - by 1%, to 218,389 million heads.

Evaluation of livestock and poultry with regard to the Crimea are not given.

While a year ago, the farming of Ukraine showed a positive trend. For 2013, the number of cattle increased by 1% and as of 1 January 2014 was 4,69 million heads. While the number of cows decreased by 0.4% to 2,545 million heads. The number of pigs increased by 4.1%, to 7.89 million heads of sheep and goats - by 4.4%, to 1.815 million heads, poultry - by 7.3%, to 229,6 million heads.