Ukraine pig count increases in 2009

Ukraine's pig industry recorded 7.14 million pigs on January 1 this year, a large increase of 9.3% from January 1, 2009, according to preliminary figures from Ukraine's State Statistics Committee. The highest number of pigs at the beginning of 2010 was recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, totaling 507,000. Of the 24 oblasts and one autonomous republic in the country, all but one had more pigs on January 1 this year than at the start of 2009.