Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 4. 2. 2009

Subsidy of credit interests for purchase of land this year for the last time

A program Land which enables to get 3 % subsidy of credit interests for purchase of agricultural land will be definitively finished on the 31st of December this year. Regarding prices of lands the contribution provided by the Subsidiary Guarantee Rural and Forestry Fund (PGRLF) is not neglectable. It can be expected that this year´s interest of farmers will exceed possibilities of the Fund and it will be forced to stop reception of application for the support before than at the this year´s end. A haymaking for privilege purchase of land is just now. The most successful applicants for subsidies are in the long-term clients of GE Money Bank.

Corn exchange Brno meant more business and growth of cereal prices

Prices of most commodities traded on the Corn Exchange in Brno continue after a winter stagnation in a slight growth. With the exception of pea, which almost does not occur on the market, prices of commodities have increased in average by about three percents. A general secretary of exchange Karel Zezula said to ČTK that the continuing rise in prices indicated increasing trade activity. After a longer time also price of the most traded raw material – food wheat increased. Now a ton in parity FCA, when transport is covered by a buyer, costs 2997 crowns; in parity DDP when transport is paid by seller it is 3082 crowns. “ In case of supply of wheat in an excellent quality the sale can be realized for prices even higher, about 3500 crowns”, Zezula added.

European Parliament will negotiate report of its climatic committee on Wednesday

The chairman of the EU Council for Environment, the Minister of Environment and the vice-chairman of government Martin Bursík will take place in a meeting of the European Parliament on Wednesday in Strasbourg. Representatives will discuss a final report pass by the committee on the 2nd of December 2008. The report with a name “2050: Future starts today” is a result of two-year work of the committee chairman of which is Italian Euro-representative Guido Sacconi. The document stems from an EU aim to maintain global warming under the limit 2°C as it is suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and challenges to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 by 25 – 40 % compared to 1990.

Share of imported milk products and margin of businessmen grow in CR

Czech farmers warn in the long term that a share of imported foods on shelves of Czech shops still grows even despite the fact that we are able to produce them at home in comparable quality. This situation, which is sporadic in comparison with other advanced EU states, subsequently projects through decreasing processing industry in a reduction of extent of Czech agriculture. Then, our country is still more and more dependent on exports of so strategically essential commodity as foods. Moreover, still more and more employees leave agriculture. Presently, a discussion on dependence on exports of milk products was opened.