GUS reports Polish livestock farmers can no longer live high on the hog

According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS), Polish farmers reared about 6.1 million cattle and 362,000 sheep in June, figures that are 7% lower than the corresponding period last year. The numbers of chickens and goats also fell by 1.9% and 2.5% respectively. The fall in livestock is the result of farmer reluctance to keeping livestock as a result of the low cost of meat on the market. Most of the them were forced to sell their produce below the cost of production. Additionally, the cost of stock-feed in recent months has made it uneconomical to keep livestock. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2)