Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 15.5.2006

Land adjustments: All would want them; state stints on them

This years spring floods opened again indirectly topic painful for many municipalities. The state does not have enough money for complex land adjustment to fasten their pace. Hereat, building of so called common arrangements in frame of land adjustments can, among others, also influence favourably drain ratio and significantly increase retentive ability of landscape.

Agropol wants to do bio-spirit

Agropol, the second biggest agri-food firm in country wants to build own distillery for production of bio-spirit. “It is dealt with an investment for at least milliard crown, therefore we negotiate with foreign financial groups”, a head of the firm, Jiří Malúš, said to Hospodářské noviny. Agropol is going to plunge fully into business with biofuels. Malúš also confirmed that he would like to grow also in the company Setuza. It is the biggest producer of raw materials for bio-oil.

Romania has new cases of bird flu

Romania will kill almost million pieces of poultry after a dangerous virus H5N1 of bird flu was newly found out on poultry farm in central part of the country. It is dealt with the first case in Romania when the disease has been found out on a poultry farm.

Picked off poultry breeders

If in the Czech Republic all poultry slaughters stopped still a month we would be able to eat frozen chickens which now lie in stocks. All-Europe panics connected with bird flu affected also domestic breeders and processors. Sale crisis hit them circuitous, by import of foreign surpluses. The problem is not decreased domestic demand.