Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 16. 9. 2009

Results of informal negotiation of EU Council of ministers of agriculture and fishery

A three-week informal negotiation of the EU Council of ministers of agriculture and fishery takes place in these days in Sweden Växjő; the main topic is and adaptation of agriculture to changes of climate and a fight with these changes impacts on the agrarian sector. The negotiation will be participated also by Czech minister Jakub Šebesta who at the edge of Council applied hard himself to a solution of the present burdensome situation on the milk market. The result is an agreement and a common procedure of 18 member states, including the Czech Republic, which suggested many additional measures and adopted a common declaration.

Ministers of most of EU countries adopted declaration against milk crisis

18 agricultural ministers from 27 EU member states adopted a declaration on common procedure in a fight against the milk market crisis at an informal negotiation in Sweden Växjő on Tuesday. ČTK was acquainted with it by a department of communication manager of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hugo Roldán. Reputedly in the declaration, some original requirement of member states, which would break competitiveness and negatively influence an economic competition in dairy industry, were successfully moderated. Minister of agriculture from 16 EU member states supported a proposal for increase of support to particular farmers during their negotiation in Brussels last week.

Cow sheds in region Třeboň end, milk is unprofitable

No more we will come off a loser as dull. Some farmers agree not only in the region Třeboň. Milk production is liquidated in agricultural enterprises in Domanín, Lomnice and Dunajovice. Last cows will be carried away from Domanín next week, than it will be the turn of Lomnice. In Dunajovice, there are alone several cows. “If we get 5,79 for liter of milk from Madeta when production costs are about eight crowns, prices of cereals move in a range of prices from 60´s , than there is nothing to discuss, We are out of patience, we just adapt to the economic situation”, a co-owner of two agricultural firms Statek Lomnice and Statek Branná, Karel Zbudil, told.

Food producers suffer from lack of qualified employees

Czech food industry suffers from a lack of qualified employees. According to a spokeswoman of the Food Chamber of the CR, Dana Večeřová, not only employees in operation are missing but also middle management. People skilled in the branch are missing for example in bakeries and meat processing industry; instead of them unqualified workers without a relation to the branch work in the operation, often from abroad. A lack of interest in training branches appears in the long term also in many other fields of Czech industry. According to data provided by a chairman of the Entrepreneurial Baker and Confectioners Union, Jaromír Dřízal, 121 trainees passed the branch baker in last school year, while three years ago it was 200 young people.