The cattle herd falls due to low price
- Wednesday - 20/07/2011 06:06
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Up to April 2008, the province’s cattle herd has gown down over the same period due to low price, read the report released by Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Specifically the buffalo herd has 4,860 animals (down 11.7 percent against the same period) the cow herd has 92,413 animals (7.46 percent lower than the same period). The districts raising a great number of cows include Xuan Loc (27,342 animals), Long Thanh (13,775 animals), Tan Phu (9,463 animals), Cam My (8,962 animals), Dinh Quan (7,642 animals) and Vinh Cuu (7,118 animals).
The pig herd has more than one million animals (up 2.27 percent compared to the same period) of which sows fall by 2.14 percent, swine increase by 2.86 percent, boars go up 1.19 percent.
Poultry flock has 5,733 heads, 41 percent higher than the same period.
Reported by Thanh Tam, Translated by Tuyenvanah