Mongolia counts 32,7 million livestock

At national level by the end of 2010, 32.7 million heads of livestock were counted, of which 1,920.3 thousand were horses, 2,176.0 thousand cattle, 269.6 thousand camels, 14,480.4 thousand sheep and 13,883.2 thousand goat.

The total number of livestock decreased 11.3 million heads or 25.7 percent against the previous year, of which horses–by 301.0 percent or 13.5 thousand, cattle by 423.3 thousand or 16.3 percent, camel by 7.5 thousand or 2.7 percent, sheep by 4.8 million or 24.9 percent, goat by 5.8 million or 29.4 percent.

In 2010, 10.3 million heads of adult animals were lost, up by 8.6 million heads compared to 2010. In the same period, 355.1 thousand tons of cereals, 168.0 thousand tons of potatoes, 82.3 thousand tons of vegetables were harvested, and 1,132.3 thousand tons of gross hay harvest, 31.3 thousand tons of hand-made fodder were produced.

Cereals harvest decreased by 36.6 thousand tons or 9.3 percent, while potatoes increased 16.7 thousand tons or 11.1 percent, vegetables–by 4.3 thousand tons or 5.5 percent, gross hay harvest–by 220.0 thousand tons or 24.1 percent, hand-made fodder–by 5.5 thousand tons or 21.1 percent against the previous year.

Source : Montsame Agency

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