Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 30. 9.2010

Veleba: Cattle breeding can be saved by bio-gas stations

Cattle breeding has its future in the Czech Republic, if a sufficient number of bio-gas stations will be successfully built. The stations will use waste from animal production and at the same time they will compensate farmers for losses from meat and milk production. The president of Agrarian Chamber, Jan Veleba, said it at an International Conference on breeding and nutrition of farm animals in Mistrovice in the region Ústí nad Orlicí today. 742 bio-gas stations with operation of 520 megawatts could be distributed across the country in 2020 which will favourably influence the run of domestic agriculture. Bio-gas stations will produce energy which can be sold. It is possible to detach 600 000 hectares of land for energy industries.

Number of eco-farms increased in Vysočina last year

Farmers switch to economical farming this year, too. During the last year, roughly one hundred of eco-farms grew in Vysočina. In a nation-wide comparison, the region showed an above-average increment of these farms. According to the Minister of Agriculture, about 250 eco-farms are in the region now. 3500 eco-farms were registered in the whole republic in August this year. Bio-farmers can sell bio-farm products more profitably.

European Commission will bring suit against Czech Republic for spread butter

The European Commission will bring a suit against the Czech Republic because of spread butter (pomazánkové máslo). It dislikes that it uses this name for a product which does not have properties of butter. The mark “butter” can be used in the Union only in the case that a product contains more than 80 percents of milk fat, which is not hold in this case. ČTK was informed on it by the European Commission. Czech regulations allow using the mark “spread butter” for products which contain at least 31 percents of milk fats.

Government grossed up MZe budget by 1.5 bil. owing to floods

The government approved an additional increase of budget of the Ministry of Agriculture (MZe) today. In total almost 1.5 billion crowns should be used this year and in three following ones to remove damages caused by August floods in August in the department. They affected mainly the regions Liberec and Frýdlant. Ministers agreed also an increase in other chapters in total by four billion crowns today. The main part of the money is determined for liquidation of damages to state water-management property. It results from the approved government decree. The government detached almost 138 million crowns for repairs of water-supply and sewage drains.