As part of its vertical integration strategy, Výkrm Třebíč, part of Agrofert holding in the Czech Republic, has decided to expand its poultry division with a brand new high-capacity Petersime hatchery.

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A Czech meat distributor says that the Polish manufacturer of beef burgers found in the Czech Republic to contain horse meat was the FVZ Deli Meat company.

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Pig numbers in several Central and Eastern European countries, like Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary have come down by about 20% in the last three years – or 3.5 million animals.

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The Czech establishment numbered CZ 1070 was already under enhanced laboratory control.

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The outbreak of avian paramyxovirus (similar to Newcastle disease) was initially reported in a flock of pigeons in Stredocesky, last week.

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Following the downward trend of previous years, meat production in the South Moravia region has continued to fall over the past three quarters.

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The Agriculture Ministry is preparing a national strategy for exports of agricultural commodities and food products and the document should be ready by the end of this year, ministry spokesman Jan Zacek answered to CTK's question.

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Aviagen was among the 250 attendees at last week’s 20th anniversary celebrations of one of the company’s major customers in the Czech Republic, Best Opava. Members of the Aviagen team, including Neil Clark, Balasz Takacs and Vlada Zima, joined a number of Best customers and other suppliers in the celebrations.

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The Czech Republic's Agriculture Chamber is warning that the republic’s food self-sufficiency has been in decline since 1989.

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The pig sector in the Czech Republic is growing again.

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Biologically active polyamines in duck meat and giblets

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Aviagen has provided significant support to the Czech branch of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) at the organisation’s 15th annual conference in Brno.

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Czech President Vaclav Klaus yesterday dismissed Agriculture Minister Ivan Fuksa (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) at the proposal of Prime Minister Petr Necas (ODS), Necas told journalists after meeting Klaus.

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Czech broiler seminars supported by leading hatchery firms More than 130 broiler farmers and poultry specialists took part in seminars at Litomysl and Havlickuv Brod, organised by Cobb Germany and the two biggest Czech hatcheries Mach and Xavergen.

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Absolute Swine Insemination (ASIC), headquartered in Webster City, Iowa, United States, is preparing a patent infringement lawsuit against a Czech company, which according to the American company has been selling pirated versions of their product.

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ASIC claims that HEMA Malšice has been selling an alleged pirated version of its patented AMG Series™ artificial insemination catheters under the name V.I.P., in both Germany and the Czech Republic.

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The Czech Republic has started testing beef and pork imports from Germany following an E.coli outbreak that so far has killed at least 22 people in Europe, a state veterinary administration official said on Tuesday.

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More than 130 broiler farmers and poultry specialists took part in seminars at Litomysl and Havlickuv Brod, organized by Cobb Germany and the two biggest Czech hatcheries Mach and Xavergen.

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The Czech Republic has started testing beef and pork imports from Germany following an E.coli outbreak that so far has killed at least 22 people in Europe, a state veterinary administration official said on Tuesday.

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The sharp drop in the number of Czech pigs making their way onto local dinner tables has been highlighted in a Ministry of Agriculture video that asks the provocative question whether Czech pigs will disappear altogether by 2015.

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Aviagen’s central and eastern European technical team recently organised two workshops with Xavergen (http://www.xavergen.cz), one of the largest poultry producers in the Czech Republic.

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Chicken meat consumption had grown 13 times in the Czech Republic to 24.8kg per person per year in 2009 from under two kilograms back in 1948, according to Zdenek Kobes of the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). Prague Monitor reports that the Czech figure is above the EU average.

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A new census shows a shortage of pigs in the country with pig numbers in the Czech Republic have fallen to their lowest levels since 1946 as low profitability pushes more producers to abandon the sector.

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Pig numbers in the Czech Republic decreased by 3.5 per cent year-on-year to 1.84 million last year, the lowest figure since 1946, according to data of the Czech Statistical Office (CSU), reports Prague Monitor. Cattle numbers fell by 2.7 per cent to 1.32 million, the lowest figure since the early 1920s.

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A scare over contaminated German eggs, poultry and pork has prompted Agriculture Minister, Ivan Fuksa, to order increased controls of all food products considered a potential risk.

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The FVO has published its Final Report of a specific welfare audit carried out in the Czech Republic between 1 and 10 June 2010 in order to evaluate the implementation of controls for animal welfare on farms and during transport.

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It is rumoured the two largest pig producers in the Czech Republic, accounting for 40 percent of the national herd, may be forced to call in the receivers.

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VEIT Electronics, the Czech producer of vehicles for day-old chick transport and poultry equipment has moved the head office and production facilities to a new location.

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The latest audit by the EU's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the poultry industry was generally positive regarding food safety asepcts at poultry establishments and documented control systems.

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Pigmeat imports into the Czech Republic continue to rise as a steady decline in domestic output leaves the country increasingly dependent on supplies from Germany.

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The European Commission has decided to refer the Czech Republic to the Court of Justice (COJ) for failure to amend its dairy product legislation.

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The European Commission has decided to refer the Czech Republic to the Court of Justice (COJ) for failure to amend its dairy product legislation.

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The planned increase in the reduced rate of value added tax (VAT) will lead to a roughly 3-percent increase in food prices, Czech Agriculture Minister Ivan Fuksa said in a TV programme Questions of Vaclav Moravec yesterday.

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At the recent International Egg Commission (IEC) Prague 2010 Conference, a number of International Egg Awards were presented to individuals for their outstanding contribution to the egg industry worldwide.

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Aviagen recently held two seminars for their broiler farmers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The events, which took place in Zvíkovské Podhradí and Velké Bílovice, focussed on practical advice to improve broiler performance.

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There are only a few more weeks to go until the Prague 2010 conference of the International Egg Commission (IEC) is taking place. To be held from 19th – 23rd September, the IEC conference is expected to draw over 350 leading egg industry figures.

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At the IEC Prague 2010 Conference, Dr David Bosshart will share his insights into “The future of consumption - how will we be living tomorrow?”

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At the IEC Prague 2010 Conference, Dr David Bosshart will share his insights into “The future of consumption - how will we be living tomorrow?” Dr Bosshart is CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), a renowned independent think-tank and research centre that monitors market activities, identifies megatrends and forecasts future developments.

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Limestone particles need to be a certain size to affect laying performance and egg shell strength, according to recent research at the Institute of Animal Science in Czech Republic. A total of 120 ISA Brown hens aged 24–36 weeks and 120 ISA Brown hens aged 56–68 weeks were used to study the influence of limestone particle size and the animal's age on laying performance and egg quality.

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The single market created by the European Union has brought untold advantages for many Czech exporters, allowing products to move more freely across borders. But the country is now importing more meat and produce than ever before, pushing many Czech farmers - and especially pig farmers - into a struggle for their livelihood.

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Before the country's entry into the EU in 2003, pig breeders covered the entire domestic market and exported about one fifth of their output. "Pig numbers in the Czech Republic dropped by one fifth to 2 million heads last year, while pork imports increased at the same ratio. The reason is the fact that retailers push meat prices downwards owing to the crisis and meat processors pass this pressure on to breeders. Breeders then have to sell a kilo of live weight of meat for Kc25.70, while their costs stand around Kc30," Mr Veleba said.

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In the period January-March 2010 the level of red meat production in the Czech Republic amounted to 130.9 thousand tonnes, which is by 3.8 percent less compared to the same period of last year. Beef production dropped by as much as 7.4 percent. to 17.8 thousand tonnes. The number of slaughtered cattle (including calves) fell by 7.9 percent, while the average weight of slaughtered animals rose to 288.4 kg. In the first quarter of this year pig meat production in the country fell by 4.7 percent to 69.3 thousand tonnes.

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France-based branded cheese firm, Fromageries Bel, has decided to sell the cheese maker Jaromericka in the Czech Republic after just two years of ownership. The group said its acquisition of Jaromericka in 2008 had not met the sales and production goals initially anticipated. Bel expanded in Eastern Europe in 2007 and 2008 with the acquisition of Shostka in Ukraine and then Jaromericka, which marked its entry into the hard cheese segment in the Czech Republic.

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According to a report on the Czech radio station Radio Praha, the home breeding and slaughtering of pigs several times a year has been an economic necessity on the European continent for hundreds of years. A pig slaughtering feast has been a tradition in many European countries, including the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain.

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According to a report on the Czech radio station Radio Praha, the home breeding and slaughtering of pigs several times a year has been an economic necessity on the European continent for hundreds of years.

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Domestic meat production decreased by 7.2 per cent year-on-year to 556,066 tonnes in slaughter weight last year, with pork production falling most, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU), according to Prague Daily Monitor

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Domestic meat production decreased by 7.2 per cent year-on-year to 556,066 tonnes in slaughter weight last year, with pork production falling most, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU), according to Prague Daily Monitor

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Now, what do champagne, Roquefort cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies all have in common

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The potential for saving feed costs – and at the same time improving profitability – with the Cobb 500 broiler was explained by Matthew Wilson, Cobb’s global broiler specialist, during an Agrofert seminar in Prostejov, near Olomouc, Czech Republic. “The best results with the Cobb 500 are achieved using a lower nutrient density feed bringing benefits to both growers and integrated

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The potential for saving feed costs – and at the same time improving profitability – with the Cobb 500 broiler was explained by Matthew Wilson, Cobb’s global broiler specialist, during an Agrofert seminar in Prostejov, near Olomouc, Czech Republic

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The Philippines' Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it is imposing a temporary ban on the import of birds and poultry, including

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World leading poultry giant Aviagen are now doing more in Easter Europe than anyone in their field. Aviagen recently held an ongoing hands-on training programme for Central and Eastern European customers

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Avian flu is making a comeback in Europe as well as Asia, yet gets none of the attention that was give to the swine flue molehill that was made into a mountain. The veterinary authorities

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Czech meat production declined 6.9% in Q3 2009, according to data from the National Statistical Office. The data indicates that

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A decrease in the country's meat production and milk collection has been noted in the third quarter of 2009. Meat production and

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Czech meat production declined 6.9% in Q3 2009, according to data from the National Statistical Office. The data indicates that poultry meat output dropped 1.4% during the July-September period. In addition, the numbe

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Archer Daniels Midland Co. announced yesterday it paid an undisclosed amount to buy oilseed processing facilities in the Czech Republic.The agricultural processor bought ViaChem Group's oilseed processing assets in Olomouc, in the eastern part

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Hamé, the largest food industry group of the Czech Republic, has acquired the meat processing arm of Hungarian canned food producer Globus, Czech economic and political daily Hospodárské Noviny reported on Friday. The parties agreed not to disclose the price of the transaction.

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A second case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease, was

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Agropol Group, which includes a poultry processing division, increased its profit to 441.47 million koruny (CZK) in 2008. Poultry output was up, while feed production was down compared to the previous year.

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