In the Novgorod region in ten years, from 2006 to 2016, the total number of cattle has decreased in 1,8 times — more than 30 thousand heads. Sheep and goats in the backyard area was 1.5 times less (by 11.4 thousand heads). As reported to IA REGNUM in Novgorodskoe, talking about it, preliminary results of the all-Russian agricultural census 2016 in the Novgorod region.

In the region of 3.1-fold increase in the number of pigs and 7.3% for poultry. This significant increase is attributable to the growth of their livestock in agricultural organizations of the region (in Novgorod region were opened a large poultry farms and pig farms).

In General, the census of 2016 showed a significant reduction of households living in rural areas. By 2016 their share in the crop acreage for harvest was reduced from 10.6% to 5%, with a 4-fold increase of the area of crops in farms by farmers and individual entrepreneurs.

The area of actually used agricultural land in farms of all categories in the Novgorod region on July 1, 2016-199,8 thousand hectares is 15.3% less than in 2006.