In the II quarter of 2023, milk production in Georgia increased by 5.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 206.0 million liters. Meat production decreased by 8.2 percent from the same period of the previous year and equaled 17.3 thousand tons, reads the preliminary data on Agriculture of Georgia II Quarter, 2023 published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GeoStat) on Wednesday.
In the II quarter of 2023, egg production amounted to 161.4 million pieces which is 5.3 percent less
than in the same period of the previous year, GeoStat says.
Pursuant to the report, at the end of the II quarter of 2023, the number of bovine animals decreased by 5.6 percent compared to the II quarter of 2022 and reached 929.7 thousand heads. Of which, the total number of dairy cows and buffaloes equaled 446.5 thousand heads, which is 2.0 percent less than the same indicator of the previous year.
The number of pigs equaled 161.8 thousand heads which is 21.2 percent less than in the same
period of the previous year.
The number of poultry increased by 0.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year
and equaled 10.9 million heads.
