Summary of newspapers of the previous days – 28. – 29.12.2011

Hop crop is much lower this year. However, hop-growers rejoice at it

Hop growers rejoice at that the hop crow was significantly lower this year against the foregoing one. An apparent paradox has a simple explanation. The last year´s over-production only increased costs, knocked down prices to a minimum, and often farmers failed to sell hop because there were no other interested people. “Regarding to the lower harvest against the foregoing year it is possible to expect a gradual trading up of the whole production of the year 2011”, a chairman of the Czech Hop-Growers Union Bohumil Pázler outlines.

Lesy ČR show on growth of operating result - 5.597 billion CZK over 11 months

An operating result of LČR over 11 months this year is 5.597 billion CZK. Similar results have not been ever reached in the business history - once the business economy was about hundreds of millions; in the last two years it is dealt with billions. The operation result is neither a consequence of reduction of cost for forest care nor increase in timber harvesting. On the contrary, LČR returns record 4 billion CZK back to forest, mainly in growing activity, building and maintenance of forest infrastructure and water courses.

Increase in import quota of beef meat of American provenance

The Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament supported an increase of import contingent of American beef meat without growth hormones by other 25 000 tonnes in year. The aim of this measure is to increase import of high-quality American beef meat to 45 000 tonnes yearly from a half of the next year. The increase of contingent is a part of an agreement negotiated by a trade authorized representative Ron Kirk together with the EU commissioner for trade Catherine Ashton in 2009 on base of which the American party undertook to eliminate gradually customs tariffs for products from the EU and the Community agreed to open its market for guaranteed beef meat without growth hormones.

Ministry of Agriculture supported pig and poultry breeders with almost 400 million crowns

At the end of the year in the framework of a support of two new endowment sub-programmes in the pig and poultry sector, the Ministry of Agriculture disposed of almost four thousands applications for subsidies for the Programme 8 - Infection Fund. The support to the pig breeding sector for their breeding protection reaches the amount 325 million and the support to poultry almost 53 million crowns. It is dealt with a help in solution of unfavourable situation on the pig meat market and a long-term and rapid decrease of self-sufficiency of the Czech Republic in pig meat production.