Summary of newsmakers from the previous day – 22. 7. – 24. 7. 2005

Land fund has not settled claims for 2,3 bil. to the year 2004 yet

The Land fund of the Czech Republic should settle only claims of entitled persons in height of 2,34 billion crown to the end of 2004. It results from the last year´s annual register of the Land fund. The Parliament obtained a pattern in these days. It should dealt with it in the autumn. The material shows for example that in 2004 claims of entitled persons for not-gaved lands were settled in the total height of 511 million crowns which is an increase by 9,6 percents in comparison with the year 2003. To December 31 there remained still 2,34 billion crowns of claims of entitled persons for a transfer of lands which represents 32,4 percents from till this time decised claims.

Experts dispute about power source

Coal-fired power stations serve out and experts dipute about which new sources shoud be built up in next years in our republic. Ecologists promote renewable sources, savings, gas power stations; The Ministry of Industry promotes a new nuclear power plant and the ČEZ preferes rather coal-fired power stations. The hit is hydrogen. With which shoud be replaced serving-out coal-fired power stations? Opinions of this problem solution differ considerably. „As the most perspective we consider renewable resources - energy from wind, sun, water and biomass.We do not consider them as marginal at all; according to our prognosis they should secured 17 percents of power consumption till 2030“, says Martin Kloz from the Ministry of Environment CR.

Farmers don´t like prices

Farmers has finished the first stage of harvest. The harvest of perennial barleys ends and unfortunatelly, presumptions have been confirmed that yields will be less by about twenty percents. While in the last year farmers harvested 4,6 tons of this product, this year it will be less. The harvest was already influenced by the May weather. „This year is not ideal for cereals and the May drought affected the yields. It is valid especially for farmers managing on light soils.On loamy soil in Bernartice and Zahořsko regions yields should be about three and half tns from a hectare“, said a charmain of the Country agrarian chamber Václav Varous.

Chinese international conference of meat processors drew up attention

Managers of various branches from the whole are inspired by Chinese growing world economy. They think how they could assert on this perspective and huge market and how realize a part of their production or their services here. The same situation is in the area of meat processing. An evidence of it is a participation of an international conference of mear industry which takes place this week in Peking. Chinese meat industry develops strongly despite some problems invoked by bird flu and growing price of feeds. China covers more than 28 % the world-wide meat production today. The meat industry covers 34% of GDP (!) on the domestic market. These informatio n were heard at the international conference of meat industry which is organized by the Chinese Union of Meat processing with a support of International Meat Secretariat (IMS).