Summary of newsmakers from the previous day 31.8. 2005

Vine-growers can look forward to better endowment system

A pattern which according to MZe ideas should improve a system of dotation disposing to vine - growers has to be negotiated by the government. An amendment of act on viniculture and vinegrowing, which the Ministry of Agriculture worked out, should improve a system of dotations for domestic vine-growers. A pattern which should be in force from the 1st July 2006 according to the office will be negotiated by the government. “By specification and adjustment of some terms operation of the state administration will improve especially in such areas which implicates dotations drawing, including a control of fulfillment of conditions for their payment”, brought out the Ministry in its propounding report.

Moravian stum? Meanwhile only from special variety

Experts affirm that people can meanwhile buy only “partially fermented viny cider” from exported grapes, but it is possible to taste the genuine home stum already now. But only at a wine grower who grows a special variety. “Who did not hesitate and planted out a couple of plants of Sieger, her or she can have stum too”, claims Ladislav Macek, a vine grower from Milotice. He has already harvested his grapes, expressed, and now he is looking forward to the weekend when he with friends will discuss of stum from South-Moravian vineyard.

Acreages of orchards are limited in EU-15

An acreage of orchards in the EU-15 decreased in five years by 13 %. All states of the EU except Finland and Ireland reduced the areas. Orchards acreages are concentrated from 88 % in four states (Italy, Spain, Greece and France). An average age of orchards differs from particular kinds; orchards of apple-trees, pear-trees and citrons are the oldest. Eurostat shows also data about a division of areas according to varieties of particular kinds of fruit. Also statistical investigation passed of an area planted with fruit trees (apples, cherries, peaches, nectarines, oranges, lemons and other citrus fruits) which is about to serve to a prognosis about a likely production and market supply of particular fruit kinds.

Harvest in Hradec Králové region has three-week delay

Harvest in Hradec Králové region still stagnates due to rainy weather and compared to the average has about three weeks delay. Meanwhile farmers have harvested cereals from about 69 percent acreage. Farmers believe that meteorologic forecast of nice weather will be fulfilled. “If the forecast will be realized, the cereals could be till the end of week from a big part harvested and the crop rescued”, said a director of the Agrarian chamber Hradec Králové Jidřich Fryš.