In the country during six months of this year egg production totaled 1 billion 898.3 million units, which is 5% higher compared with the same period in 2012, wrote the correspondent of the IA “Kazakh-Zerno”.
According to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, the indicators of the first six months of 2012 were at the level of 1 billion 806.5 million. High level of egg production for the current year is noted in the farms of Almaty region. There was obtained nearly 415 million units.
Statistics still note a tendency for an increase of egg production in the country. Monthly figures exceed last year’s level by 10-15 million units. For example, in June alone, the republic produced 385.4 million eggs against 375.4 million in 2012.
We recall, on July 1, the number of poultry in Kazakhstan was close to 37 million 785.2 thousand heads, which is 605 thousand less than on the same date last year.