Agriculture - May 2004
Meat production decreased in May
Publication Date: 25. 06. 2004
Product Code: r-2101-04
Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 5.0 % in May year-on-year due to both decrease in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 3.7 % and 9.5 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight fell 0.1 % to 593.7 kg for bulls and 0.4 % to 109.0 kg for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers declined 1.0 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, whereas the same prices of pigs for slaughter rose 0.5 %.
Milk collection for dairies decreased 4.1 % in May year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has gone down 3.1 % year-on-year due to both decrease in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 2.2 % and 6.4 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight has decreased by 0.7 % to 587.3 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 0.9 % to 110.2 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers have risen by 0.3 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year since the beginning of the year, while the same prices of pigs for slaughter have fallen by 1.9 %.
Milk collected for dairies has decreased 3.3 % 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 May 2004; milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture
Date of completing data collection: 10 June 2004
Date of completing data processing: 23 June 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 May 2004 (also https://csu.gov.cz )
These data are final.
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