Czech Ag Census 2010 Confirms Largest Farm Size
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic average farm size is the largest within the EU. Plant production is dominated by grains, where the Czech Republic produces exportable surplus. Animal production is on...

Biomin Seminar for Czech Pig Breeders
CZECH REPUBLIC - 10 November 2011 witnessed a seminar for pig breeders organised by Svaz chovatelů prasat v Čechách a na Moravě (Association of Pig Breeders in Bohemia and Moravia) called...

Czech Republic Farmers Require TOPIGS Genetics
CZECH REPUBLIC - There is a high demand for TOPIGS genetics in the Czech Republic.

ASIC to File Lawsuit in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - Absolute Swine Insemination Co., LLC (ASIC) has announced it is preparing a Patent Infringement law suit against HEMA Malšice s.r.o., a.k.a. Jarka Helclová and Ivan P. Helcl, Karla Tomáška...

Czechs to Test German Beef, Pork Imports for E.coli
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic has started testing beef and pork imports from Germany following an E.coli outbreak that so far has killed at least 22 people in Europe, a state veterinary...

Ministry Video Shows Survival Threat to Czech Pigs
CZECH REPUBLIC - The sharp drop in the number of Czech pigs making their way onto local dinner tables has been highlighted in a Ministry of Agriculture video that asks the provocative question whether...

Czechs Consume Less Meat, More Poultry
CZECH REPUBLIC - Per capita consumption of all meats has been stable over recent years but poultry meat, fish and cheese are becoming more popular.

Fewer Cattle & Pigs, More Poultry in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - In the latest count, cattle and pig numbers hit record lows while the poultry population increased slightly.

FVO Raises Some Welfare Concerns after Audit
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the European Commission has remarked on a number of improvements in welfare monitoring in its latest audit report. Two-thirds of sows are already...

Farmers Argue Self-Sufficiency in Pork Could Fall
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic last year imported 177,000 tonnes of pork, or about 40 per cent of its consumption, but this year its self-sufficiency will drop below 50 per cent unless conditions...

EU Gives Home Slaughtering Green Light
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic claims to have won an important victory for the home slaughtering of pigs for the manufacture of traditional domestic products.

Czech Meat and Milk Producers Struggle to Compete
CZECH REPUBLIC - Cheaper imports have been blamed for the fall in production of all meats and milk last year.

Czech Meat Production Down in Q3 of 2009
CZECH REPUBLIC - A decrease in the country's meat production and milk collection has been noted in the third quarter of 2009.

Q4 2008: Marked Drop in Pig Meat Production
PRAGUE - Meat production in total went down by 11 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2008 due to a significant decrease in pig meat and poultry meat production.

Hard Times for Pig Sector
CZECH REPUBLIC - Numbers of all pigs are down sharply, particularly in the breeding herd, and the country is becoming more dependent on imports of pigs and pork.

Czech Republic Pig Breeding Loses Self-Sufficiency
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Republic is losing self-sufficiency in pig breeding which will lead to growth in pork imports in the coming years. This, it is felt, will have a negative impact on pork pric...

Czech Meat Output Down 2.5% in Second Quarter
PRAGUE - Czech meat output fell by 2.5 percent year-on-year to 152,143 tonnes in the second quarter of 2008, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) reported on Friday.

Czech pork prices rise on falling pig numbers
PRAGUE - Czech farmers reduced pig numbers by nearly 80,000 to 2.661 million last year, and continue cutting the numbers this year owing to low buyout prices, according to statistics the Agricultural Chamber...

Subsidies Yield Profits But Pig Production Suffers
CZECH REPUBLIC - Profit in Czech agriculture nearly doubled year-on-year to a preliminary Kc13.7bn in 2007, namely because of EU and national subsidies.

Czech Pig Meat Production on the Up
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Statistical Office (CSU) released the latest results for animal products yesterday. Pig meat production went up by 2.4 % compared to the previous year.

Czech pig breeders want direct subsidies, plan rally
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech pig breeders want direct subsidies worth Kc2.5 per kilo of live weight or about Kc1 billion in total from the Agriculture Ministry, Agricultural Chamber president Jan Veleba told...

Czech producers fight rising feed costs with modern technology
CZECH REPUBLIC - Farm AGRA Beznice near Bechyne in Czech Republic and BAUER TECHNICS recently invited a number of producers to visit its new installation of a Nedap Velos ESF system. The aim was to discuss...

Cereal prices stunt pig progress
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Agricultural Chamber (AKČR) has highlighted growing problems in the supply of pork and pork products caused by a decrease in the redemption price of slaughtered pigs. At...

Czech pig market facing crisis
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech pig breeders and pig meat processors are facing crisis, says president of the Agricultural Chamber Jan Veleba.

Nedap RFID Enables High Level Of Sow Management In Czech Replublic.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Nedap continues its roll out of Nedap Velos throughout all parts of Europe by installing the first Czech installation, end of May 2007, on a 350 sow unit.

Czech pig breeders protest foreign pork imports
Prague - Some 200 Czech pig farmers gathered Monday at the Dolni Dvoriste/Wullowitz border crossing to Austria in order to protest imports of pork to the Czech Republic.

Farmers to protest, not blockade Czech-Austrian crossing Mon
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech farmers will stage a protest on the Czech-Austrian border crossing in Dolni Dvoriste on Monday instead of the planned blockade, and will not cause problems for transport, Agricultural...

Czech farmers plan blockades over pork imports from Austria
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech farmers plan blockades of border crossings with Austria by end-March in protest against increasing pork imports from Austria, Agricultural Chamber president Jan Veleba told CTK ...