Agriculture - February 2005
Meat production continued to decrease
Publication Date: 25. 03. 2005
Product Code: r-2101-05
Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 18.9 % in February year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 18.0 % and 22.8 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight decreased 0.6 % to 582.7 kg for bulls and for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) went down 4.5 % to 106.9 kg year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers rose up 8.3 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 35.5 %.
Milk collection for dairies went down 3.5 % year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has gone down 18.2 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 17.1 % and 22.1 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight went up 0.5 % to 583.5 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) the weight fall by 4.3 % to 106.8 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers have risen by 8.6 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year since the beginning of the year and by 36.6 % for pigs for slaughter.
Milk collected for dairies has decreased 1.4 % year-on-year since the beginning of the year.
Methodical note:
Source: full survey carried out by the Czech Statistical Office, Agricultural Producer Price Indices in February 2005 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 March 2005
Date of completing data processing: 23 March 2005
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in February 2005 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.
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