Agriculture - July 2005

Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down by 12.3 % in July year-on-year due to both decreases in beef production (incl. veal) and pigmeat production by 29.5 % and 7.7 %, respectively.

The average slaughter weight decreased by 2.6 % to 580.8 kg for bulls, in case of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) the weight went up by 0.2 % to 105.3 kg year-on-year.

Prices of agricultural producers rose up by 8.8 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, on the contrary the same prices went down by 5.9 % for pigs for slaughter.

Milk collection for dairies went up by 1.5 % year-on-year.

Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has decreased by 16.7 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 15.2 % and 22.9 %, respectively. A fall of indigenous meat production was compensated for imports of meat and animals for slaughter.

The average slaughter weight went down by 0.7 % to 584.2 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) the weight fall by 2.6 % to 106.2 kg.

Prices of agricultural producers rose by 9.6 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter the prices rose by 10.0 %.

Milk collected for dairies increased by 0.7 % year-on-year.

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Methodical note:
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Source: full survey carried out by the Czech Statistical Office, Agricultural Producer Price Indices in July 2005 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 August 2005
Date of completing data processing: 23 August 2005
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in July 2005 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.

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