Agriculture - June 2004
Meat production decline continued in June
Publication Date: 29. 07. 2004
Product Code: r-2101-04
Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 5.8 % in June year-on-year due to both decrease in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 5.6 % and 6.6 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight fell 0.4 % to 587.6 kg for bulls and 1.7 % to 106.0 kg for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers rose by 1.5 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 11.4 %.
Milk collection for dairies decreased 1.1 % in June year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has gone down 3.5 % year-on-year due to both decrease in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 2.8 % and 6.4 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight has decreased by 0.7 % to 587.4 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year; on the other hand the same weight of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) has grown 0.5 % to 109.5 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers have risen by 0.5 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year since the beginning of the year and by 0.2 % for pigs for slaughter.
Milk collected for dairies has decreased 2.9 % 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 June 2004 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 July 2004
Date of completing data processing: 27 July 2004
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in June 2004 (also https://csu.gov.cz )
These data are final.
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