Lately in Ukraine, a promising development area of the sheep industry is young lamb, and sheep's milk. The article analyzes and summarizes the FAO data on lamb and sheep milk production dynamics globally and in Ukraine for the period 2008-2018. The research results indicate that the world production of lamb in general for the stated period increased by 14.0 %. Such countries as Chad (2.15 times), Uzbekistan (1.95 times), and Algeria (1.82 times) observed a significant increase in lamb production. In Europe, the leaders in the production of lamb are Great Britain (289 thousand tons), Russia (205.1 thousand tons), and Spain (119.6 thousand tons). During the study period, the production of lamb in Spain decreased by 23.8 %, in New Zealand, France, and Sudan, respectively, by 21.2; 21.5 and 20.4 %. There is a decrease in this indicator in the UK by 12.8 %, Syria – 12.6 %, and India – by 12.2 %. In Ukraine, the production of lamb in 2018 amounted to 7.8 thousand tons, 7.14 % lower than in 2008. The leading countries in sheep milk production are Turkey – 13.6% of the world's milk volume, China – 11.1 %, and Greece – 7.1 %. Turkey (2.15 times) and Mali (1.92 times) had a high increase in milk production for the specified period. Countries such as Iran (1.37 times), France (1.33 times), and Spain (1.24 times) have had a relatively good increase in milk production over the past ten years. Milk production decreased significantly in Sudan, Syria, India, and Italy, by 17.7, respectively; 9.2; 7.67 and 7.05 %. In general, during the study period, sheep's milk production in the world increased by 16.6 %. In 2018, Ukraine produced 18.1 thousand tons of sheep's milk, 24.3 % less than in 2008. In Ukraine, the decrease in lamb and sheep milk production increased due to the decrease in sheep number by 29.6 % (the increase from 2018 to 2008).

The article analyzes and summarizes data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for 2019 and on October 1st, 2020, information from the FAO and literature sources on sheep breeding development. The research results show that lamb and goat production increased by 33.3% at agricultural enterprises in 2019. Whole meat production decreased by 2.79% during the study period in farms of all categories. The regions that obtain the most significant wool quantity are Odesa (637 tons), Zakarpattia (159 tons), and Mykolayiv (99 tons). Wool production decreased significantly in Vinnytsia and Kirovohrad (by 50%), Kyiv (by 28.6%), and Kherson (by 25.3%) regions. In January-September 2020, entire wool production decreased by 12.5% in farms of all ownership forms compared to the previous year. In 2019 wool clip per sheep decreased by 3.7% and was in the range of 0.2-3.9 kg (average 2.6 kg). According to this indicator, the first place in Ukraine takes the Kherson region (3.9 kg), the second – Nikolaev (3.7 kg), and the third – Odesa (3.4 kg). In 2018, Ukrainian enterprises produced 18,1 thousand tonnes of sheep's milk (according to FAO data), which exceeds the previous year by 6,63%. The decrease in lamb and wool production is due to a decrease in sheep stock's total number in farms of all ownership forms. In 2019 the number decreased by 5.68%, including – 7.94% in agricultural enterprises and 4.94% – in households (the difference with data on January 1st, 2020. and 2019). Ukraine established separate high-tech modular-type farms in the meat-wool (Lviv region) and meat (Dnipropetrovsk region) areas of productivity, also farms for the production and in-depth processing of sheep's milk into soft and hard delicatessen cheeses and butter (Khmelnitsky, Chernivtsi and Kyiv regions).