Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 15.6.2010

Deficit of agrarian trade is still increasing

The balance of foreign trade with agricultural products and foods over January to April has ended with a deficit 10.39 billion crowns which is year-on-yearly by 180 million worse results. The amount of goods exported in the first four months from the Czech Republic amounted to 34.09 billion; imports reached 44.48 billion crowns. It results from data published by the Agricultural Union of the CR. The numbers arise from custom statistics of the Czech Statistic Office. The agrarian balance has been negative continually since 1993. The Union estimates that the deficit of agrarian foreign trade over all this year should grow to 30 billion crowns from last years 29,67 billion.

Ecological experts closed negotiation, party leaders will finish it

As the first of seven expert group, negotiators of ecology and agriculture chapters finished work on data for leaders of nascent coalition of ODS, TOP 09 and Věci veřejné (Public matters) this morning. In case of disputed points, as for example a giant ecological commission, a coalition nine will decide. “Our data will be delivered to the coalition nine on Thursday morning. We are the first who have closed the work”, Vít Bárta from Věci veřejné told. According to him, the political leaders, among who he belongs, than will have to decide on a precise formulation of the topic of ecological super-tender and about a discrepancy in opinions about a transfer of competences in water protection from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Environment.

Bio-milk and milk bio-products in European markets

Review of the most important European markets for milk bio-foods. The newest statistical analysis. In total 461 million kilograms of bio-milk was produced in Germany in 2008. Germany is the biggest European bio-milk producer, ahead of Denmark, Austria and Great Britain. However, a share of bio-milk in the total milk production in Germany is only 1.7 %, in Great Britain it is 3,4 %; in Denmark 9.6 % and in Austria even 12,8 %. Markets with bio-milk in states of Benelux, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Austria, Germany and Italy are closely interconnected.

Vine mould attacks vineyards in Hodonín region

Owing to humidity and hot weather a vine perenospore very developed. Experts advice not hesitate and spray but with quality preparations. Humidity and than very hot weather made good to perenospore. The higher temperature the faster it develops. Vine-growers in the entire region spray and most of them assert that it is worse than last year. Even grey mould appears. As every year, vine-growers worry about perenospore, the vine mould. It prospers this year. “Conditions for occurrence of primary infections were fulfilled on the twelfth and thirteenth of May in the region Hodonín. At present, this disease under influence of hot and damp weather spreads”.