Cows could soon be placed on Ukraine’s Red List of endangered species warns Galina Kovtok, CEO for UkrLandFarming. From 27 million cows in Ukraine in 1980, there are now 2 million, according to the State Statistics Service. The problem, Kovok, says is the long payback period, at least two years, until slaughter for beef. Costs of animal husbandry are up 17% so far this year, reports the Statistics Service. With the national herd shrinking, domestic beef prices are up 30% this year, according to ProConsulting.
Cows could soon be placed on Ukraine’s Red List of endangered
