This should slow down the rise in prices

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Market share of cuts dropped this summer

In the summer of 2004, German consumers put a whole roast chicken in the oven much more frequently than in the previous year, while the increase in the number of pieces was significantly lower due to the less than grill-friendly weather. In the period from June to August, private household purchases of whole chickens increased by almost 2.900 tons or 30 percent to 12.300 tons compared to the same period of the previous year, while there was only an increase of just under 1.400 tons or 3,5 percent to around 40.000 pieces tons. The market share for whole fried chickens increased in these three summer months to 23,5 (previous year: 19,6) percent, the market share for the parts in household purchases fell to 76,5 (previous year: 80,4) percent.

Consumers were offered inexpensive shopping opportunities for all types of products: On average, consumers only had to pay 3,21 euros per kilogram for fresh fried chicken in the months of June to August, 15 cents less than in the same period last year. The average price for fresh chicken schnitzel in these three months was 7,69 euros per kilogram, 22 cents lower than last summer.

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In the future, ISN, Danske Svineproducenter, Nederlandse Vakbond Varkenshouders and Vereniging Varkenshouders will coordinate closely on price and market issues

Board members and managing directors of the interest groups for pig farmers from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium met for a two-day working meeting in Heeswijk-Dinter in the Netherlands. The interest group of pig farmers North-West Germany eV (ISN), Danske Svineproducenter (DSP), Nederlands Vakbond Varkenshouders (NVV) and Vereniging Varkenshouders (VEVA) were represented.

Pig farmers are concerned about the increasing concentration in the slaughter industry. The most recent example, the takeover of the Hendrix Meat Group by Bestmeat in the Netherlands, prompted a more detailed analysis. The DSP reported that Danish Crown had repeatedly tried from merger to fusion to make concentration palatable to Danish pig farmers with empty promises.

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Entertaining and informative about fat lies and multiple unsaturated promises

Fat makes you fat and sick. Fat people eat more fat and fewer carbohydrates than slim people. High-fat meals lead to higher calorie intake than high-carbohydrate ones. Fat people are fat because they eat too much fat. Fat is tasty, doesn't fill you up and encourages you to eat more.

Fat is our enemy, it's been on the Index for 40 years. But is that correct? Or did someone smear a fat lie on our bread instead of good butter? Doesn't a low-fat diet make us healthier and slimmer? And why are Americans getting fatter, even though the fat in many diet products has been replaced by sugar or starch, so Americans are demonstrably consuming less fat - but more carbohydrate calories? Do hormones play a much bigger role than previously assumed? Does the glycemic index ("Glyx") determine whether we become fat (=ill) or stay slim (=healthy)? What do you think of the so-called low-carb products? And are there actually fats that help with diabetes? Is Fatty Food Causing Heart Attacks and Stroke, and Does It Actually Raise Cholesterol?

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A thriller that mixes fact and fantasy

According to the publisher, the journalist Heinz-Peter Baecker accidentally came across hair-raising facts and events related to food during the BSE crisis. Insiders and recognized medical professionals and scientists confirmed Baecker's feeling that we are exposed to health risks from criminal manipulations within the food chain. Becker processed this knowledge mixed with his own imagination into a gripping thriller. the story

At the same time, a French scientist and a German chief physician die in their cars under mysterious circumstances. When the journalist Briegel begins to research, he is given the unmistakable message from various quarters that he should keep his hands off the matter. In order to be able to continue working undisturbed, Briegel continued his research in France. When he tries to gain access to the Paris research institute of the dead French scientist, he is arrested. On the loose again, he finds that all threads seem to come together in this institute, which deals with infectious diseases caused by foodstuffs at risk. At an EU congress, Briegel met a biochemist and immunologist from the Paris Institute, Dr. Nicole Chèves, know and falls in love with her. Nevertheless, over time he has more and more doubts as to whether he can really trust Nicole or whether she is also involved in the criminal machinations of an international meat cartel. During his further investigations, his life is increasingly in danger. What is supposed to be covered up here and, above all, who is behind it?

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Previous year's line is clearly exceeded

The producer prices for cattle, calves and pigs have all developed positively in the course of the year so far from the farmers' point of view. The previous year's level has generally been exceeded since May at the latest, and it is likely to remain so for the time being. Because the demand for meat will pick up somewhat in the coming weeks with falling temperatures, even if business may be temporarily dampened by the autumn holidays. Producer prices for young bulls on the slaughter cattle markets are expected to remain stable, while slight deductions for slaughter cows cannot be ruled out for seasonal reasons. Pig farmers also have to reckon with prices falling again. However, the revenues for slaughter calves continue to strengthen. As our chart shows, calf prices in October are likely to come very close to the previous year's level. Young bulls, cows and pigs, on the other hand, continue to be valued noticeably higher than in 2003.

Development of slaughter cattle prices in Germany in EUR/kg slaughter weight

Young bull meat trade class R3

 

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"Bringing International Producers and German Markets Together"

"I am pleased that I can put fish international in competent hands." Peter Koch-Bodes, managing partner of the "mother" of fish international, the trade fair and exhibition company Hansa GmbH (MGH), sold his shares on October 8th sold by Messe Bremen. "There has been good and close cooperation with Messe Bremen for years - they have trade fair know-how and they know how the event is set up. So far, Messe Bremen has held a 49 percent stake in our company.” Peter Koch-Bodes, who has given his 51 percent up for sale for reasons of age, is not thinking of quitting - he just wants to be in the second row. "In the future I will focus more on the international markets and will continue to be available to fish international with my contacts." And they are invaluable for a trade fair like this: As a fish retailer, Peter Koch Bodes not only understands a lot about his trade - he is also chairman of the Fish Trade Association in the Federal Association of the German Food Trade eV

A win for Messe Bremen: "We are pleased that we were able to secure the location of the international trade fair fish international in Bremen with the purchase of MGH," says Hans Peter Schneider, Managing Director of Hanseatische Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Trade Fair Division. Bremen's budget and finance committee also approved the purchase of MGH last week. The MGH is not only the organizer of fish international - international congresses on the subject of fish and seafood are also developed here and other events organized by the Bremen Exhibition Center.

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"Beast meal remains a safety risk"/ criticism of Künast

Feeding animal meal has been banned throughout Europe since the beginning of 2001. Insufficiently heated animal meal is considered to be the cause of the spread of the cattle disease BSE. The consumer organization foodwatch criticizes the handling of animal meal in Germany. "EU laws are being broken and Consumer Minister Künast is doing nothing. Animal meal remains an incalculable safety risk," explains Matthias Wolfschmidt from foodwatch.

More than a million tons of animal meal are produced in Germany every year. But these do not only end up in the kilns of cement works and power plants, as is usually assumed. 170.000 tons of animal meal alone were given to farmers as fertilizer last year. However, authorities interviewed by foodwatch could not rule out with certainty that this fertilizer is being used illegally as animal feed.

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Compliance with the feeding ban is strictly controlled

According to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Till Backhaus (SPD) extremely unlikely. "We have carried out extensive inspections of feed for animal meal admixtures. In recent years, several hundred samples have been examined without a positive result. These samples were taken both from the feed manufacturers and from farmers. The controls for fertilizer use and fertilizer trade also have no indication of the suspected use as animal feed by Foodwatch," says the minister. Misuse is therefore highly unlikely. Minister Backhaus is reacting to allegations by the "foodwatch" organization, which claims that the ban on animal feed is not being adequately controlled.

A seamless chain of surveillance also rules out confusion between animal meal of different hazard classes. According to its origin, animal meal is divided into three categories. Category 3 can then be used as fertilizer in agriculture. There is a complete control system for category 1 and 2 animal meal that documents the route and whereabouts of the animal meal. Category 1 and 2 animal meal produced in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is completely incinerated. "Foodwatch's allegations are incomprehensible," says Agriculture Minister Backhaus.

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Bavaria's Ministry of the Environment sees the ban on feeding being observed... and reveals how the controls are becoming increasingly restricted

Since the total feed ban came into force in December 2000, around 13.000 feed samples in Bavaria have been examined for the presence of prohibited animal components.

In the investigation year 2004, no animal components were found in any of the 766 feed samples examined so far. In 2003, illegal animal components were found in 8 of 3.177 samples examined. In no case was feed for ruminants.

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German exporters with a small market share - consumption almost halved by 2005

Pork production in Ukraine is likely to fall by about a quarter in 2004. This development was triggered by the dramatic shortage and increase in price of feed grain in the 2003/2004 marketing year. As a result, Ukrainian farmers drastically reduced their animal stocks. The number of pigs and especially breeding sows slipped to their lowest level ever.

As a result, pork production for 2005 as a whole could be another 30 percent lower than in 2004. Overall, production would then have almost halved within three years. Due to the sharp rise in producer prices, however, a consolidation or even an expansion of the sow herds is to be expected from 2005 onwards. From 2006 onwards production should therefore increase again.

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