Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 17. 6. 2021

The bubble burst in the wood market

The price is falling sharply on Chicago Stock Exchange. After literally rocketing spring growth, the price of lumber on the Chicago Stock Exchange is rapidly returning to the ground. On Thursday, the futures contract with delivery in July concluded forty percent below the record peak from the beginning of May. This can be a relief for construction companies and families who are going to buy a house.

Self-harvesting of strawberries opened later and many became more expensive, there is still great interest

Jams, strawberries with whipped cream and fruit dumplings. The strawberry season began and people went to the first self-harvesting in the Czech Republic. For the first time, a strawberry farm in Prague´s Kunratice opened on Wednesday where the first hundred people have been picking fruit already from the morning hours.

If the EU labels a rabbit hutch as a cage, it is the end of rabbits in the Czech Republic

Last Thursday, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly a resolution calling for an end of cage farming throughout the EU. It is a victory for the Czech Republic. Maybe except for our rabbit breeders.

The Senate wants seven billion crowns for forest owners to compensate bark beetle damage

According to the Senate, this year the Ministry of Finance and Agriculture should ensure the payment of seven billion crowns to forest owners as a compensation for damage caused by The Upper Chamber called upon the ministries on base of on the initiative of its Subcommittee on Agriculture and a so-called Forestry Call.