Czech Meat Output Down 2.5% in Second Quarter
PRAGUE - Czech meat output fell by 2.5 percent year-on-year to 152,143 tonnes in the second quarter of 2008, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) reported on Friday.

Probiotic Feed Additive Awarded for Quality and Excellence
CZECH REPUBLIC - The product awarded is the probiotic feed additive Rumenal. Rumenal is developed by the company Medipharm, which Chr. Hansen acquired in January 2008. Rumenal is a dietary supplement used to prevent unbalance of the mineral and energy...

Milk Up, Meat Down in the Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Statistics Office released the latest results for animal products yesterday. The report concluded that meat production totalled 626,297 tonnes last year, a 0.4% fall that appears to be due to a significant drop in poultry production....

Milk Prices Rise On Chinese Interest
CZECH REPUBLIC - There’s no surer sign of the country’s increasing integration into the global economy than this: China’s newfound zest for milk and a drought in Australia have caused a recent uptick in dairy prices.

Strong Competition on Domestic Market.
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Bohemian and Moravian Dairy Association in the Czech Republic says that domestic dairies are finding it hard to compete with foreign dairies on the Czech market, particularly concerning cheese sales, according to the CTK news age...

News Item: Czech Republic - High Milk Prices.
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Mlada fronta Dnes daily reports that milk prices in the Czech Republic are now at their highest for eight years, with the price of a litre of medium-fat milk being CZK15.52 (USD0.76) in late July, according to the CTK news agency....