Agriculture - June 2005

Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down by 18.5 % in June year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 17.2 % and 23.9 %, respectively.

The average slaughter weight decreased by 0.2 % to 586.3 kg for bulls and for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) went down by 1.0 % to 105.0 kg year-on-year.

Prices of agricultural producers rose up by 10.9 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 1.3 %.

Milk collection for dairies went up by 2.1 % year-on-year.

Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has decreased by 17.3 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 16.2 % and 22.0 %, respectively. An increase in imports of meat and animals for slaughter affected a fall of indigenous meat production.

The average slaughter weight went down by 0.5 % to 584.7 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) the weight fall by 3.0 % to 106.3 kg.

Prices of agricultural producers rose by 9.8 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter the same prices rose by 15.4 %.

Milk collected for dairies increased by 0.5 % year-on-year.

Analysis - Trends of meat production, milk collected, external trade and agricultural producer prices

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Methodical note:
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: jiri.hrbek@csu.gov.cz
Source: full survey carried out by the Czech Statistical Office, Agricultural Producer Price Indices in June 2005 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 11 July 2005
Date of completing data processing: 27 July 2005
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in June 2005 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.

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