Summary of newspapers of the previous day –9. 3. 2009

Agrarian trade unions will support Thursday farmers´ demonstration

Agrarian trade unions will support a demonstration of farmers which will take place on Thursday in Prague. A chairman of the Trade Union of Agriculture and Nutrition Employees – Association of Free Trade Unions Bohumír Dufek said it to ČTK today. Farmers from several European countries are going to protest, at the time of visit of the Euro-commissioner Mariann Fisher – Boel, mainly against different conditions which farmers have in old and new member countries. They also require a support for breeders of dairy cows.

Gandalovič: 2,6 billion will go to help farmers against crisis

The government agreed a financial help for Czech farmers in height 2,6 billion crowns today. The help is focused on a fight with the economic crisis. The support is provided by the Subsidiary and Guarantee Rural and Forestry Fund (PGRLF) n form of financial means determined for decrease of interest rate burden in case of a credit and the credit funding. The passed material contains programs: Operation, Processor – Operation, Support of short-term financing and a change of approved investment program Farmer.

Biggest Czech dairy works processes Czech milk

HN peeped underhand in the biggest dairy works in Europe. A blonde with “broken” yogurt or the stammering Milan Pitkin – tools used by a firm Müller in its accession to Czech market. Inland it established a branch only in less than year and has already managed to bite off from the market three-percent share. HN peeped underhand in Müller capturing of Czech market. The principle is quite simple –raw milk leaves the Czech Republic in tanks every day and return “packed” in yogurt pots directly from the most important central of the company – the dairy work in German Lepersdorf.

Food prices decrease. However, only temporarily. The will raise in summer

Food prices go down. Even if it is not any price earthquake, it is recognized in a wallet. For example a kilo of butter is cheaper by eight crowns from the year beginning. Bread and pastry prices passed a similar decrease. It results from published data of the Czech Statistic Office (ČSÚ). Some experts warn that the situation is only temporary. For example, according to ČSÚ, a liter of milk sold at the year beginning for an average price 17,31 crowns can be bought today cheaper by 1,50 crown. Also pig and chicken meat is cheaper. Vice versa, fruit and vegetable are substantially more expensive. A kilogram of bananas costs by eight crowns more against January end and a kilogram of potatoes almost by two crowns.