If animal husbandry goes bankrupt

• Domestic animal husbandry is in crisis due to government measures and epidemics
• Demand for import food is increasing due to margin stop
• If domestic animal husbandry goes bankrupt, we can become vulnerable to more expensive and uncertain quality imports

As we wrote earlier, the National Association of Agricultural Cooperatives and Producers (MOSZ) has sharply criticized Márton Nagy Minister of National Economy. Farmers cannot sell hundreds of thousands of pigs, bankrupt.

(The Ministry of National Economy has since published that What measures do you try to help farms in difficulty due to epidemic.)

In non -marginal stop products, dealers are asking for a discount

« It is clear that the 10 percent margin can only be lost in commerce, » he says Máté Koncz, president of MOSZ. Therefore, it is understandable that they are trying to cut it as much as possible to the suppliers, that is, the food industry. An instant price reduction has been requested for all products that do not apply to margin stop. Pressing the price of the products affected is not in their interest, since the lower the 10 percent margin, which means their revenue. All the other products however They want them cheaper to reduce their losses.

What can the processor do if trampled down the prices? He also touches his own costs, that is, the price of live pig and poultry. But what can the producer do? Nothing. Live animal cannot be « stored » for half a year. They can’t pass their costs anywhere while Live chicken is nearly 30 percent lower in Hungary than in Poland, which is determining EU price levels.

The specialist underlined: In a sector such as animal husbandry, where a 5 percent profit is already a good result, you cannot manage such a disadvantage.

We will buy very dear tomorrow

– While government communication expects prices very strongly, wages, components, production costs are increasing, which is clearly causing losses. Consumers’ need cannot be faced but To buy a loss -making food at a low time can only be a short period of pleasure. If the domestic animal husbandry and food industry are destroyed, then Tomorrow we will buy very expensive, elsewhere.

According to the head of the producer advocacy, the product line could be stabilized with fair profit distribution and should be rethought food inflation as they can cause serious damage to the current and cause business bankruptcy.

– Since the introduction of the margin stop, cheap and hard -to -control quality foreign food has been flowing into stores. At the same time, demand for domestic products is reduced. Due to the losses of the sector, we will become more and more exposed to foreign goods of uncertain prices and quality. In addition Lawn on more expensive and uncertain imports can be set up for food.

Is there a deliberate attack behind the epidemics?

THE sticky mouth and nail pain beside the Avian flu also breaks out againt in the country, which requires entire herds to be forced at livestock farms. There were theories that are not a coincidence, but a deliberate attack. However, according to the National Organization of Producers There is no real basis for these news and messages.

– Several laboratories investigate various virus strains, and epidemiological investigations are underway where they come from and move to protect them on a scientific basis. Until now, there is no credible evidence that they are not naturally taken to livestock farms, We did not see any trace of any external intervention.

The compensation regulation groups budget resources for the epidemic protection system but In the caseand we hope that this will come as soon as possible, the expert underlined.

As he said, the forced cuts and restrictions due to the epidemic will not cause meat shortages, but the real danger is that only more uncertain and priced import products can be provided.

The liquidation of farms has already begun

Although government decision is made in Hungarian agriculture a record amount of development in the current European Union support cycle, due In many economies, the implementation of the already won applications has also become questionable.

« In the current situation, the proper government intervention would be extremely important not to take advantage of the opportunities for the future, » said Máté Koncz. There are already visible signs that the existence of animal husbandry has been endangered.

– A site cannot be liquidated overnight. It will only be at the end of the year how many will be abandoned due to the problems listed, but ads that offer full herds for sale have increased, the president of MOSZ said.

The threat of the spread of avian influenza epidemic on Monday, according to the Monday’s Ministry of Agriculture, wants to reduce pay those water wingswho commit to not raising poultry for 3 years.