Summary of newsmakers from the previous day - 27.2.2006

Demand for ecological pig meat grows in Germany market

A considerable demand for pig bio-meat is in Germany, so a customer without an agreement can not get it always. The demand of local pig bio-meat grows only very slowly. According to data of trade and price news centre in Bonn, recently in many regions sow breeding has increased very slightly, due to other high costs caused by changes or by building in this field. The highest supply of pig bio-meat is estimated in 2006.

Higher risk of bird flu is around Pardubice, Strakonice and Znojmo

A higher risk of bird flu appearance in poultry is, according to experts, in areas around Pardubice, Strakonice and Znojmo. It results from a small map which records a density of water birds and gallinaceous poultry occurrence. f the existence of dangerous virus H5N1 in bird is confirmed, far strict measures would be adopted here that it would be elsewhere.

CR has already finished drawing money from the Union program Sapard

The Czech Republic has already finished drawing money from the Union program Sapard. From originally pre-accession program to support agriculture it spent the allotted means one year earlier that it had to.

Delta Pekárny and Odkolek can join

Two the largest bakery firms Delta Pekárny and Odkolek can join. The Antimonopoly Office decided on it when it agreed with a fusion of owners of these firms - United Bakeries Luxembourg (Delta Pekárny) and Bakeries International Luxembourg (Odkolek).

Source: Agris, 28.02.2006