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Sat Aug 7
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Fri Aug 20
Mötley Crüe with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Rescheduled from June 21, 2020) 16:30 - Alamodome, San Antonio, United States
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Fri Sep 3
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Russian and Acadian French with English subtitles.
This film is part of Festival Les Percéides Program ACTION LOUISIANE GASPÉSIE! 2019.
Maryse Goudreau is an artist, filmmaker and independent researcher. She lives in Escuminac on the Gaspé coast of eastern Canada. Disseminated in different parts of the world (North America, Mexico, Cuba & Europe), her work is also included in national collections such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.


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A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. Water is a solvent for polar molecules and the most common solvent used by living things; all the ions and proteins in a cell are dissolved in water within the cell.

Major uses of solvents are in paints, paint removers, inks, and dry cleaning. Specific uses for organic solvents are in dry cleaning (e.g. tetrachloroethylene); as paint thinners (toluene, turpentine); as nail polish removers and solvents of glue (acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate); in spot removers (hexane, petrol ether); in detergents (citrus terpenes); and in perfumes (ethanol). Solvents find various applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries, including in chemical syntheses and purification processes.

Solutions and solvation
When one substance is dissolved into another, a solution is formed. This is opposed to the situation when the compounds are insoluble like sand in water. In a solution, all of the ingredients are uniformly distributed at a molecular level and no residue remains. A solvent-solute mixture consists of a single phase with all solute molecules occurring as solvates (solvent-solute complexes), as opposed to separate continuous phases as in suspensions, emulsions and other types of non-solution mixtures. The ability of one compound to be dissolved in another is known as solubility; if this occurs in all proportions, it is called miscible.

In addition to mixing, the substances in a solution interact with each other at the molecular level. When something is dissolved, molecules of the solvent arrange around molecules of the solute. Heat transfer is involved and entropy is increased making the solution more thermodynamically stable than the solute and solvent separately. This arrangement is mediated by the respective chemical properties of the solvent and solute, such as hydrogen bonding, dipole moment and polarizability. Solvation does not cause a chemical reaction or chemical configuration changes in the solute. However, solvation resembles a coordination complex formation reaction, often with considerable energetics (heat of solvation and entropy of solvation) and is thus far from a neutral process.

When one substance dissolves into another, a solution is formed. A solution is a homogeneous mixture consisting of a solute dissolved into a solvent. The solute is the substance that is being dissolved, while the solvent is the dissolving medium. Solutions can be formed with many different types and forms of solutes and solvents.

Solvent classifications
Solvents can be broadly classified into two categories: polar and non-polar. A special case is mercury, whose solutions are known as amalgams; also, other metal solutions exist which are liquid at room temperature.

Generally, the dielectric constant of the solvent provides a rough measure of a solvent's polarity. The strong polarity of water is indicated by its high dielectric constant of 88 (at 0 °C). Solvents with a dielectric constant of less than 15 are generally considered to be nonpolar.

The dielectric constant measures the solvent's tendency to partly cancel the field strength of the electric field of a charged particle immersed in it. This reduction is then compared to the field strength of the charged particle in a vacuum. Heuristically, the dielectric constant of a solvent can be thought of as its ability to reduce the solute's effective internal charge. Generally, the dielectric constant of a solvent is an acceptable predictor of the solvent's ability to dissolve common ionic compounds, such as salts.

Other polarity scales
Dielectric constants are not the only measure of polarity. Because solvents are used by chemists to carry out chemical reactions or observe chemical and biological phenomena, more specific measures of polarity are required. Most of these measures are sensitive to chemical structure.

The Grunwald–Winstein mY scale measures polarity in terms of solvent influence on buildup of positive charge of a solute during a chemical reaction.

Kosower's Z scale measures polarity in terms of the influence of the solvent on UV-absorption maxima of a salt, usually pyridinium iodide or the pyridinium zwitterion.

Donor number and donor acceptor scale measures polarity in terms of how a solvent interacts with specific substances, like a strong Lewis acid or a strong Lewis base.

The Hildebrand parameter is the square root of cohesive energy density. It can be used with nonpolar compounds, but cannot accommodate complex chemistry.

Reichardt's dye, a solvatochromic dye that changes color in response to polarity, gives a scale of ET(30) values. ET is the transition energy between the ground state and the lowest excited state in kcal/mol, and (30) identifies the dye. Another, roughly correlated scale (ET(33)) can be defined with Nile red.

The polarity, dipole moment, polarizability and hydrogen bonding of a solvent determines what type of compounds it is able to dissolve and with what other solvents or liquid compounds it is miscible. Generally, polar solvents dissolve polar compounds best and non-polar solvents dissolve non-polar compounds best; hence "like dissolves like". Strongly polar compounds like sugars (e.g. sucrose) or ionic compounds, like inorganic salts (e.g. table salt) dissolve only in very polar solvents like water, while strongly non-polar compounds like oils or waxes dissolve only in very non-polar organic solvents like hexane. Similarly, water and hexane (or vinegar and vegetable oil) are not miscible with each other and will quickly separate into two layers even after being shaken well.

Polarity can be separated to different contributions. For example, the Kamlet-Taft parameters are dipolarity/polarizability (π*), hydrogen-bonding acidity (α) and hydrogen-bonding basicity (β). These can be calculated from the wavelength shifts of 3–6 different solvatochromic dyes in the solvent, usually including Reichardt's dye, nitroaniline and diethylnitroaniline. Another option, Hansen's parameters, separate the cohesive energy density into dispersion, polar and hydrogen bonding contributions.

Polar protic and polar aprotic
Solvents with a dielectric constant (more accurately, relative static permittivity) greater than 15 (i.e. polar or polarizable) can be further divided into protic and aprotic. Protic solvents solvate anions (negatively charged solutes) strongly via hydrogen bonding. Water is a protic solvent. Aprotic solvents such as acetone or dichloromethane tend to have large dipole moments (separation of partial positive and partial negative charges within the same molecule) and solvate positively charged species via their negative dipole. In chemical reactions the use of polar protic solvents favors the SN1 reaction mechanism, while polar aprotic solvents favor the SN2 reaction mechanism. These polar solvents are capable of forming hydrogen bonds with water to dissolve in water whereas non-polar solvents are not capable of strong hydrogen bonds.

Multicomponent solvents

Multicomponent solvents appeared after World War II in the USSR and continue to be used and produced in post-Soviet States. These solvents may have one or more applications, but they are not universal preparations.

Solvents

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Physical properties

Properties table of common solvents
The solvents are grouped into nonpolar, polar aprotic, and polar protic solvents, with each group ordered by increasing polarity. The properties of solvents which exceed those of water are bolded.

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute maintains a tool for the selection of solvents based on a principal component analysis of solvent properties.

Hansen solubility parameter values
The Hansen solubility parameter values are based on dispersion bonds (δD), polar bonds (δP) and hydrogen bonds (δH). These contain information about the inter-molecular interactions with other solvents and also with polymers, pigments, nanoparticles, etc. This allows for rational formulations knowing, for example, that there is a good HSP match between a solvent and a polymer. Rational substitutions can also be made for "good" solvents (effective at dissolving the solute) that are "bad" (expensive or hazardous to health or the environment). The following table shows that the intuitions from "non-polar", "polar aprotic" and "polar protic" are put numerically – the "polar" molecules have higher levels of δP and the protic solvents have higher levels of δH. Because numerical values are used, comparisons can be made rationally by comparing numbers. For example, acetonitrile is much more polar than acetone but exhibits slightly less hydrogen bonding.

If, for environmental or other reasons, a solvent or solvent blend is required to replace another of equivalent solvency, the substitution can be made on the basis of the Hansen solubility parameters of each. The values for mixtures are taken as the weighted averages of the values for the neat solvents. This can be calculated by trial-and-error, a spreadsheet of values, or HSP software. A 1:1 mixture of toluene and 1,4 dioxane has δD, δP and δH values of 17.8, 1.6 and 5.5, comparable to those of chloroform at 17.8, 3.1 and 5.7 respectively. Because of the health hazards associated with toluene itself, other mixtures of solvents may be found using a full HSP dataset.

Boiling point

The boiling point is an important property because it determines the speed of evaporation. Small amounts of low-boiling-point solvents like diethyl ether, dichloromethane, or acetone will evaporate in seconds at room temperature, while high-boiling-point solvents like water or dimethyl sulfoxide need higher temperatures, an air flow, or the application of vacuum for fast evaporation.
Low boilers: boiling point below 100 °C (boiling point of water)
Medium boilers: between 100 °C and 150 °C
High boilers: above 150 °C

Density
Most organic solvents have a lower density than water, which means they are lighter than and will form a layer on top of water. Important exceptions are most of the halogenated solvents like dichloromethane or chloroform will sink to the bottom of a container, leaving water as the top layer. This is crucial to remember when partitioning compounds between solvents and water in a separatory funnel during chemical syntheses.

Often, specific gravity is cited in place of density. Specific gravity is defined as the density of the solvent divided by the density of water at the same temperature. As such, specific gravity is a unitless value. It readily communicates whether a water-insoluble solvent will float (SG < 1.0) or sink (SG > 1.0) when mixed with water.

Safety

Fire
Most organic solvents are flammable or highly flammable, depending on their volatility. Exceptions are some chlorinated solvents like dichloromethane and chloroform. Mixtures of solvent vapors and air can explode. Solvent vapors are heavier than air; they will sink to the bottom and can travel large distances nearly undiluted. Solvent vapors can also be found in supposedly empty drums and cans, posing a flash fire hazard; hence empty containers of volatile solvents should be stored open and upside down.

Both diethyl ether and carbon disulfide have exceptionally low autoignition temperatures which increase greatly the fire risk associated with these solvents. The autoignition temperature of carbon disulfide is below 100 °C (212 °F), so objects such as steam pipes, light bulbs, hotplates, and recently extinguished bunsen burners are able to ignite its vapours.

In addition some solvents, such as methanol, can burn with a very hot flame which can be nearly invisible under some lighting conditions. This can delay or prevent the timely recognition of a dangerous fire, until flames spread to other materials.

Explosive peroxide formation
Ethers like diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran (THF) can form highly explosive organic peroxides upon exposure to oxygen and light. THF is normally more likely to form such peroxides than diethyl ether. One of the most susceptible solvents is diisopropyl ether, but all ethers are considered to be potential peroxide sources.

The heteroatom (oxygen) stabilizes the formation of a free radical which is formed by the abstraction of a hydrogen atom by another free radical. The carbon-centred free radical thus formed is able to react with an oxygen molecule to form a peroxide compound. The process of peroxide formation is greatly accelerated by exposure to even low levels of light, but can proceed slowly even in dark conditions.

Unless a desiccant is used which can destroy the peroxides, they will concentrate during distillation, due to their higher boiling point. When sufficient peroxides have formed, they can form a crystalline, shock-sensitive solid precipitate at the mouth of a container or bottle. Minor mechanical disturbances, such as scraping the inside of a vessel or the dislodging of a deposit, merely twisting the cap may provide sufficient energy for the peroxide to explode or detonate. Peroxide formation is not a significant problem when fresh solvents are used up quickly; they are more of a problem in laboratories which may take years to finish a single bottle. Low-volume users should acquire only small amounts of peroxide-prone solvents, and dispose of old solvents on a regular periodic schedule.

To avoid explosive peroxide formation, ethers should be stored in an airtight container, away from light, because both light and air can encourage peroxide formation.

A number of tests can be used to detect the presence of a peroxide in an ether; one is to use a combination of iron(II) sulfate and potassium thiocyanate. The peroxide is able to oxidize the Fe2+ ion to an Fe3+ ion, which then forms a deep-red coordination complex with the thiocyanate.

Peroxides may be removed by washing with acidic iron(II) sulfate, filtering through alumina, or distilling from sodium/benzophenone. Alumina degrades the peroxides but some could remain intact in it, therefore it must be disposed of properly. The advantage of using sodium/benzophenone is that moisture and oxygen are removed as well.

Health effects
General health hazards associated with solvent exposure include toxicity to the nervous system, reproductive damage, liver and kidney damage, respiratory impairment, cancer, and dermatitis.

Acute exposure
Many solvents can lead to a sudden loss of consciousness if inhaled in large amounts. Solvents like diethyl ether and chloroform have been used in medicine as anesthetics, sedatives, and hypnotics for a long time. Ethanol (grain alcohol) is a widely used and abused psychoactive drug.
Many solvents e.g. from gasoline or glues are abused recreationally in glue sniffing, often with harmful long-term health effects like neurotoxicity or cancer.  Fraudulent substitution of 1,5-pentanediol by the psychoactive 1,4-butanediol by a subcontractor caused the Bindeez product recall. If ingested, the so-called toxic alcohols (other than ethanol) such as methanol, 1-propanol, and ethylene glycol metabolize into toxic aldehydes and acids, which cause potentially fatal metabolic acidosis. The commonly available alcohol solvent methanol can cause permanent blindness or death if ingested. The solvent 2-butoxyethanol, used in fracking fluids, can cause hypotension and metabolic acidosis.

Chronic exposure

Some solvents including chloroform and benzene a common ingredient in gasoline are known to be carcinogenic, while many others are considered by the World Health Organization to be likely carcinogens. Solvents can damage internal organs like the liver, the kidneys, the nervous system, or the brain. The cumulative effects of long-term or repeated exposure to solvents are called chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE).

Chronic exposure to organic solvents in the work environment can produce a range of adverse neuropsychiatric effects. For example, occupational exposure to organic solvents has been associated with higher numbers of painters suffering from alcoholism. Ethanol has a synergistic effect when taken in combination with many solvents; for instance, a combination of toluene/benzene and ethanol causes greater nausea/vomiting than either substance alone.

Many solvents are known or suspected to be cataractogenic, greatly increasing the risk of developing cataracts in the lens of the eye. Solvent exposure has also been associated with neurotoxic damage causing hearing loss and color vision losses.

Environmental contamination
A major pathway to induce health effects arises from spills or leaks of solvents that reach the underlying soil. Since solvents readily migrate substantial distances, the creation of widespread soil contamination is not uncommon; this is particularly a health risk if aquifers are affected. Vapor intrusion can occur from sites with extensive subsurface solvent contamination.

See also

 Free energy of solvation
 Solvents are often refluxed with an appropriate desiccant prior to distillation to remove water. This may be performed prior to a chemical synthesis where water may interfere with the intended reaction
 List of water-miscible solvents
 Lyoluminescence
 Occupational health
 Partition coefficient (log P) is a measure of differential solubility of a compound in two solvents
 Solvation
 Solvent systems exist outside the realm of ordinary organic solvents: Supercritical fluids, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents
 Water model
 Water pollution

References

Bibliography

External links

Solvent selection tool ACS Green Chemistry Institute
"European Solvents Industry Group - ESIG - ESIG European Solvents Industry Group" Solvents in Europe.
Table and text O-Chem Lecture
Tables Properties and toxicities of organic solvents
CDC – Organic Solvents – NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic
EPA – Solvent Contaminated Wipes

Soil contamination

Solutions
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Direct Help: Order From a Petrinja OPG, Small Producer, Family Farm
January 9, 2021 – The area affected by the devastating earthquake of 29 December 2020 is mostly rural. People there live off the land. They employ others at family farms and as small scale producers. Ordering from a Petrinja OPG or one from the surroundings directly helps families and the economy of the earthquake-affected area, so here's a list detailing them
Alongside the outpourings of sympathy and promise of prayers, since the large earthquakes of December 2020 struck Sisak-Moslavina County, Total Croatia News has been inundated with requests from regular readers and other asking how they can directly and effectively help. TCN has tried to answer all enquiries the best we can and has striven towards directing donors to the best-placed outlets.
Certainly, the rebuild of the communities and economies in places like Petrinja, Glina, Sisak and hundreds of surrounding villages, hamlets and settlements will take months, even years. As TCN discovered after we visited the affected region one day after the earthquake, this area is predominantly rural. People here live off the land, from agricultural endeavours. Small producers and family farms make up much of the economy. In a year where such producers have been hard hit by travel restrictions and other aspects of the pandemic, the livelihoods of many have been shattered by the subsequent earthquake.
In a pro-active, helpful and exhaustive piece of data collection, writer Antonia Dobrota and the team at Croatian-language tourism portal cimerfraj have over recent days come up with an inspired suggestion of how [people can directly help the economies and people of the affected region. They have published a list of as many small producers, family farms and Petrinja OPG producers, plus those in surrounding areas.
By ordering food, produce and goods like pottery from this list, people can spend their money directly within the economies of the affected area – no suspicion, no doubt, no middlemen, no staffing costs deducted. It is an inspired decision to construct (and continually update) such a list. Bravo, Antonia and cimerfraj! Several Croatian-language media outlets have since republished the list. Total Croatia News is pleased to do so in English. We warmly encourage its use, not only now, but in the months that follow.
Being small producers and family farms, most of the producers below are not only vital to others in the local communities (by offering employment opportunities), their goods are almost exclusively organic and produced in a traditional, eco-friendly manner. Any orders should be submitted with the utmost confidence.
(OPG is a designation in Croatia that is given specifically to family farms and small, community producers)
OPG Mladen Tonković
Gornji Vidusevac 2a, Glina
Products: hazelnuts
OPG Predrag Đurđević
Stjepana Radića 168, Petrinja OPG
Products: honey, bee products
OPG Vicencinović Hergouth
Stari put 28, Gornja Gračenica
098 9817 696 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Products: liqueurs, fruit brandies
OPG Naglić
Kompator 34, Velika Ludina
Products: organic fruit
OPG Pčelarstvo Crneković
Kornatska 20, Sisak
OPG Tomislav Marcinek
Mate Vezmara 25, Voloder
Products: sheep, chicken and rabbit breeding
Family farm Zeljko Perkovic
Timarci 117, Sunja
Products: sheep
OPG Oljačić
Dragutina Benka 12, Petrinja OPG
Products: seasonal fruits and vegetables
OPG Horžić
Vladimira Nazora 26, Sunja
Products: meat and eggs
OPG Abramović
Franje Zuzeka 17, Glina
Products: mulch, honey and beekeeping products
OPG Leci
Tadije Smičiklasa 34, Petrinja OPG
Products: chokeberry / ariona berry and fruit jams, chokeberry / ariona berry juice
OPG Mikliš
Desno Trabarjevo 39, Martinska Ves
Products: chickens, ducks, turkeys, chickens, eggs
OPG Ivanković
Martinska Ves 124, Martinska Ves
Products: hazelnut, beans, orange sweet potato
OPG Ćordaš
Donji Klasnic 111, Glina
Products: teas, jams, chokeberry / ariona berry products
OPG Marčinko
Dražena Petrovića 18/2, Petrinja OPG
Products: chokeberry / ariona berry, various types of honey and juices, eco buckwheat flour
Family farm Jure Kolarić
Bobovac 321, Sunja
Mini cheese factory
Products: Mini cheese factory
OPG Džakula
Sjeverovac 23, Sunja
Products: veal, pork, fresh meat and cured meat products
Pottery is a traditional craft in the area of Petrinja © TZ Petrinja
Pottery Matej Stanešić
Ljudevita Gaja 30, Petrinja OPG
Pottery Val
Slavko Kolar 2, Petrinja OPG
Cacti Beslic
Zagrebacka 185, Duzica
Products: cacti, succulents, aloe, carnivorous plants
Vrtlarija Gadžić
gardener-gadzic
Products: flower and vegetable seedlings, perennials, roses, ornamental and spice plants
Eko-Pčela & OPG Rožić
Slatina 86, Petrinja OPG
Products: organic honey, grain, rye, buckwheat, oats, fruit seedlings
Beekeeping Priljeva
Mije Srnaka 40, Petrinja OPG
honey and beekeeping products
OPG Jela Grubišić
9 Gromova Street, Petrinja OPG
Products: chickens, eggs
OPG Josipa Gadžić
Franza Wagnera 92, Petrinja OPG
Products: flower and vegetable seedlings
OPG Polimac
Gornja Mlinoga 44
044 823 117/098 1373 107
Products: lambs and sheep
OPG Bunjan Dalibor
Sisačka 50 a, Petrinja OPG
OPG Champignon
Đurđica Bočina, Žabno 16, Sisak
Products: different types of mushrooms
OPG Trsoglavec Štefica
Sibic
Products: cheese, cream, butter and other dairy products
OPG Radošević Marijana
Stromarova 9, Petrinja OPG
Products: honey and bee products
OPG Dario Paropatić
Livestock breeding, buying and selling
OPG Paropatić Dejan
Buying and selling live cattle
OPG Dvorneković
Milana Makanca 25, Petrinja OPG
Products: blackberry wine, red currant wine, honey, propolis and fruit liqueurs
OPG Šipuš
Preloscica 92, Sisak
Products: dairy products, cheeses of different flavors
OPG Vuletić Željka
Gornja Mlinoga 39, Petrinja OPG
Products: jams, marmalades and juices from pumpkin, chokeberry / ariona berry and other fruits
OPG Priljeva Stojan
Donje Seliste, Glina
Products: cheese and dairy products
OPG Lovro Lenac
A. Tomulića 10, Hrvatska Kostajnica
Products: pumpkin and chestnut
OPG Tamara Sekereš
Osekovo
Production: Beekeeping. 8 different types of honey, honey mixtures, propolis, delivery for Zagreb
OPG Ivica Vancas
Nebojan 134, Petrinja OPG
Production: cereals (except rice), legumes and rapeseed oil
OPG Finka and Zdravko Oršulić
Matije Antolca 141, Petrinja OPG
095 9033 084/095 5863 284
Products: vegetable and flower seedlings, flowers and herbs
Family farm Snježana Oršulić
135 Gromova Street, Petrinja OPG
Production: flower and vegetable seedlings
OPG Kata Čiča
Donji Viduševac, Glina
Products: eco hazelnuts and free-range eggs
Family farm Slavica Jurić
Donja Budicina 22, Petrinja OPG
Products: free-range eggs
OPG Mladen Bjelac
Ive Maline 84, Petrinja OPG
OPG Stevo Zec
Products: honey
OPG Novakovic Milan
Gornji Bjelovac 15, Donji Kukuruzari
Products: home-made sausages and bacon, pork fat
OPG Nikola Petković
Kralja Tomislava 73, Glina
Products: blackberry wine, blackberry liqueurs, raspberries, cherries, walnuts, rakija, jams, rural tourism
OPG Petrinjčica Davor Lugomer
Luščani 115
Borovnice Petrinjčica
Products: blueberry cultivation from 15.6 to 10.8
OPG Križić
Matije Antolca 1, Petrinja OPG
Products: vegetables and bee products
OPG Marica Rožić
Vratečko 23, Petrinja OPG
Products: livestock (cows, horses, chickens), milk production
OPG Naglić Kristina
Hrvatskog proljeća 30, Glina
Products: lambs, wine, brandy, liqueurs and Christmas trees
OPG Nikola Navijalić
Kralja Tomislava 1 branch 5, Moscenica
Products: strawberries, vegetables, honey
OPG Miroslava Jović
Brezovo Polje 38, Glina
Products: veal
OPG Josip Petrović
Products: pork, lamb, calves and young goats
OPG Dragan Jović
Production: calves
OPG Marijan Glušić
Antuna Mihanovića 1a, Petrinja OPG
Products: apples and apple juice
OPG Josip Starešinović
Strašnik 109, Petrinja OPG
Products: milk, cheeses
OPG Milić Perica
Volinja 3, Dvor
099 5904996 / 098 779 214
Products: free-range eggs, beef, composting, potatoes
OPG Vesna Antunović
Don Ante Lizatovica 5, Donji Kukuruzari
Family farm Vladimir Vujčić
Velika Gradusa 63, Sunja
Products: lambs
Family farm Vesna Pranjic - Marincic Winery
Frankopanska 18, Sisak
(new address: Jazvenik 8e, Sela)
Products: wine, viticulture and winemaking
OPG Anita Zrnić
Bestrma 116, Sunja
Products: lamb, young goats
DVORSKA KOŠARICA – association of OPGs
OPG Zoran Simić
Donji Javoranj 38 Dvor
Products: breeder of indigenous, protected breeds of pigs, sheep, goats and donkeys - live animals, meat and meat products - sausages, lard, čvarci (fried pork rind – pork scratchings), bacon
OPG Milko Nišević Kepčije
Products: smoked and fresh cheeses, organic breeding of calves, heifer cows, sheep and lambs
OPG Angela and Štefan Abramović
Products: pumpkin oil, flour, seeds, goat cheese, yogurt, fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables
OPG Milan Janković
Uncani 75, Dvor
Products: flaxseed (linseed) oil, pumpkin oil, pumpkin protein, flax seeds
OPG Kokin dom
Petrinja OPG
Production: chickens
OPG Blaženko Anđić
Tomislava Ivkaneca 8a, Petrinja OPG
Products: honey and bee products, chokeberry / ariona berry products
OPG Jelić Ivka
Gajeva, Petrinja OPG
Available in online shop Zelena Kuca
Products: Collective of small producers of domestic and ecological products from Petrinja and its surroundings
Family farm Dijana Vukovic
Novi Farkasic 48
Products: pumpkin oil
OPG "Majčina dušica" Nada Tanković
Products: spices, herbs and medicinal herbs, berries (currants, raspberries, blackberries)
OPG Barišić Ivan
Mececani, Donji Kukuruzari
Products: vegetables, fruits, conserved fruits and vegetables, sheep and beekeeping
OPG Mara Dejanović
Deanovići 12, Petrinja OPG
Products: dairy products, meat products, eggs, onions and other vegetables, lambs, pigs, calves
OPG Josip Jurković
Desni Degoj 20, Glina
Products: eggs, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions
OPG Mira Cavic
Batinova Kosa 59, Topusko
Products: free-range eggs, honey, potatoes, onions, lard, cleaned (plucked and butchered) chickens, geese and ducks, lambs
OPG Špiljar Nikola
Novi Farkasic 43, Petrinja OPG
Products: cow-calf, sheep, pigs and horses
OPG Ivica Klobučar
Jurja Fratrovića 13, Glina
Products: sheep breeding and free-range eggs
OPG Borojević
Trgovi, Dvor
Products: certified organic production and processing of hazelnuts (shelled hazelnuts, hazelnut oil, hazelnut flour, roasted hazelnuts) and buckwheat
OPG Severin Jurić
Lijevi Odvojak 33 A, Brest Pokupski
099 5053 160 / 098 551 324
Product: hazelnuts
Cimerfraj add the following notes:
This list includes all small producers and family farms from the earthquake-affected settlements and the surrounding areas. At the time of compiling the list, we do not know whether these manufacturers are harmed or not, nor do we consider this important. We believe that synergy is necessary in order to initiate the balanced development of favorable existential opportunities for life in this area.
Due to some parts of the area currently being poorly covered by phone and internet signal, some of the manufacturers are easier to contact by text message, SMS or WhatsApp.
The list is still being updated. If you know of a domestic manufacturer from the affected area who is not currently included, please send all relevant details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Croatia Agriculture Production Grows by 1 Billion Kuna in 2020
January 7, 2021 – Within the last month, TCN was pleased to report that Croatia agriculture and food exports had jumped considerably in 2020, while imports of the same had fallen. The success of Croatia agriculture in 2020 has been confirmed by a new report which shows that the industry has grown by almost one billion kuna in a year
The success of the Croatia agriculture sector in 2020 was detailed in a report by Smarter, a consulting company specialising in the agriculture and food industry. Vecernji List published their coverage of the report in recent days.
In the report, figures show that the value of Croatia agriculture production increased by 4.7% compared to the same period during the previous year. Croatia agriculture revenue, therefore, jumped from 17.9 billion HRK to 18.8 billion, an increase of almost one billion kuna. The 12 month period of Croatia agriculture used to compile the figures ends in November within each comparative year.
Figures show that Croatia agriculture experienced excellent results in crop production (wheat, soybeans, corn, etc). This contributing evidence goes some way to explain the good news TCN reported back in December that, according to the country's Central Bureau of Statistics, the total value of Croatia agriculture and food exports in the period from January to September 2020 amounted to 1.7 billion Euros, an increase of 5 percent from the same period in 2019. Within the same period, the value of agricultural and food imports into Croatia was 2.5 billion Euros, a decline of 7.3 percent from last year.
The result of the 2020 successes in Croatia agriculture has been a reduction in the foreign trade deficit by 26.6% in the agriculture and food sector. The improvement in 2020 is being partly attributed to grants and payments under the Rural Development Program (RDP), which have grown significantly creating a stimulus that in part affected the growth of the value of production and the amount that was produced. Increasing profits within the country's agriculture sector is being catalysed by adding value to the raw product which is grown here, via processing and other methods, which happens prior to export taking place.
Croatia Agriculture and Food Exports Jump in 2020, Imports Fall
December 19, 2020 – A surprising success story in a difficult year as Croatia agriculture and food exports jump in 2020, while imports of the same have fallen
Good news from any place is welcome in this most difficult of years. According to provisional data from the country's Central Bureau of Statistics, the total value of Croatia agriculture and food exports in the period from January to September 2020 amounted to 1.7 billion Euros, an increase of 5 percent from the same period in 2019. Within the same period, the value of agricultural and food imports into Croatia was 2.5 billion Euros, a decline of 7.3 percent from last year.
The success of Croatia agriculture and food exports in the period means that the country's trade deficit has decreased by huge 26.6 percent compared to the same period last year. With this year's findings taken into account, the trade deficit now stands at 758.8 million Euros.
© Romulić & Stojčić
Croatia agriculture and food exports covered 69 percent of total imports this year, an increase of 8.11 percent. A total of 15.86 percent of all exports from the country come from the Croatia agriculture and food exports sector.
The most important item of production within the sector is corn, which accounts for 5.4 percent of all Croatia agriculture and food exports.
From January to September 2020, the most significant products in exports were: cereals (205.4 million Euros – a growth of a huge 62.6 million Euros); various food products (168.1 million Euros – including manufactured/processed foods like sauces, soups, ice cream, sugar products); fish and other seafood (a huge 147.4 million Euros – showing a growth of 14.5 million Euros); cereals, flour, starch or milk products; confectionery products, including chocolate (135.9 million Euros – a growth of 13.8 million Euros), and tobacco-related products (122.6 million Euros). TCN recently took a closer look at the successful and well-established Croatian chocolate industry
Other successes within 2020 Croatia agriculture and food exports were live animals, with an increase of 10.1 million Euros, and the residue and waste of the food industry, which is exported to go into prepared animal foods. The latter saw an increase of 8.6 million Euros.
So far this year, Italy was one of the most important destinations for Croatia agriculture and food exports. Their total consumption of Croatia agriculture and food exports was 300.8 million Euros, which amounts to 17.76 percent of Croatia's exports in the sector. Croatia agriculture and food exports to Italy increased by 21.9 percent this year, while imports from Italy to Croatia in the same period was 263 million Euros, a decrease of 16.6 percent on 2019. This creates a surplus of 37.6 million Euros.
The most important Croatia agriculture and food exports to Italy are maize, wheat and soybeans, tobacco-related products, sea bass (brancin) and bream (orada).
For the last five years, Croatia agriculture and food exports top consumer has been Germany. For the past seven years, Germany has also been the country from which Croatia has imported the most.
Vesela Motika - Urban Indoor Eco Farm on Tresnjevka
November 14, 2020 - What happens when you give three agronomists and one Excel guy a space of 90 square meters? Believe it or not – a completely eco-based urban indoor farm, Vesela Motika.
Not so long ago, Sergej Lugovic and his colleague Bojan Krnjic started the journey of Urban Farm Solutions. At that time Sergej was a professor at Polytechnic of Zagreb and he often worked with his students on project-based things. They wanted a ready-made growing system to work together on automation, electronics, and software but realized there isn't any plug and play system for that to buy in Croatia.
As time passed, Sergej and Bojan worked on agriculture systems: on the one hand, they have the software and technological solutions. On the other hand, they have the primary cultivation on their farm. All of that is hidden at the indoor farm on Tresnjevka, which has a long tradition of independent food production in Zagreb; there was a dairy, soy factory, and now Vesela Motika (Happy Hoe).
© Vesela Motika
Systems Kostya and Home Garden
They work with primary indoor cultivation of plant crops, equipment development, and complete solutions that are created according to clients' wishes. System Kostya is industrial-based for conventional agriculture, and it is a vertical system, while Home Garden is more if you want a have plants in your house or office. Except that it has a therapeutic feature - Sergej can calculate what you eat, how much you eat, how much you spend on food, so that you can benefit from that aspect, as well.
"Our thing is hyper-local; we don't need equipment from I don't know where because we have the competencies to make them in Croatia. If we could build have the business towers around the world, one of the best guns in the world, the fastest electric car, the best athletes, where are we stuck in other things?"
If you want to grow 2000 seedlings (whose price at the Tresnjevka market is 4 HRK), you need a space of 1.2 meters by 0,6 meters and six floors with shelves for seedlings. This is the Kostya system used in professional agriculture.
Eco seeds are procured from the company Lokvine (near Zagreb). Besides, their entire production is eco: from top nutrients for plants, protection, and substrates to top lighting.
The biggest problem in agriculture - financial and information literacy
Talking to farmers, Sergei realized that they do not know how to calculate the price difference because they do not record costs, do not manage stocks, and do not count their time.
"Because of all this, overkill happens, burning outs, product quality drops, or they start behaving opportunistically and then reselling. Then you are the same thing you are fighting against," says Sergej, who comes from the field of business analytics. He used to run the Big Data Lab for five years, was among the first 4 employees at SAP Croatia, and had an Internet video company in 2005 (yes, before YouTube).
"If you buy 10kg of tomatoes and sell them, that is around 70 HRK. If you make salsa from those 10 kgs, you might get 120 HRK. But if you bring a person to the farm, to pick a tomato himself, teach him how to make that salsa and take it home, give him accommodation on the farm, you get, for the same 10 kg of tomatoes, 350 HRK (including an overnight stay, meal, etc.)," says Sergej.
YouTube for food
As an active member of the underground electronic music scene and being a DJ for 20 years, Sergej has run nightclubs and organized over 1,000 events. He realized that this underground independent scene culture could be applied to independent food culture. That's why he prefers to call it independent rather than craft.
Sergej's is finishing his Ph.D. in information behavior in which he quantified patterns of behavior of people searching for music in the domain of machine learning. The first paper was published in 2005 about what other industries can learn from the music industry. "Because we went from records to making all the music free. Then I asked a hypothetical question, what would YouTube for food look like?"
Just as we have free music on YouTube, so we could have free food. It seemed impossible at first, but after research, he realized that 50% of food is thrown away. "If they had a good information system, everyone would have free food," Sergej concludes.
He made a comparison and said that Google is worth a trillion, now; let's imagine someone investing a trillion in an information system to give food to those who don't have from those who have a surplus. But of course, he is aware that legislation would try to prevent this. "We worked on an information system for the Red Cross store in Zagreb, which distributes food free of charge, and they were acquainted with the strict legal regulations."
Sergej believes that these ways can always be regulated - if someone wants to give his surplus, he sees no obstacle for others to accept it.
Contra concept - big no to "from the field to the table"
If there are one table and four suppliers trying to be as close to that table as possible, when a customer decides what to buy, he will only take 1 and 3 stays where? But if we look from the "from table to farm" aspect, Sergej, as an information scientist, follows the information: your refrigerator and your desk know how much food you need. If that data could be captured, we can have a lot less food waste, a much clearer information picture of what's going on. Another premise is that food must be produced as close as possible to where it is consumed because too much money is spent on distribution, cold chains, etc. The impact is not only about eating quality, not polluting the Earth with transport, but also having a therapeutic effect.
His colleague Bojan grew a lot of things near Popovaca. They concluded that the energy they spend on artificial lighting in Zagreb on the indoor farm is equal to when Bojan goes to Popovaca 7 and a half times a month. "And we can grow one ton in Zagreb, which is 12 tons a year," says Sergej.
Cognition is a process, don't hurry it
Sergej doesn't worry if something doesn't happen tomorrow; he realizes that everything will come on its own. He teaches his students that if they plant a salad, they will eat it in 30 days. If they plant an olive, they will eat it in 7 years, but they will eat it for 700 years. "I wrote something in my MBA in 1999 that I am doing today. The conclusion was whether the refrigerator would become a competitor to Tesco because the refrigerator has information on how much you eat," says Sergej.
They are working on some projects that are still in the early stage of development but are already talking to the people working on the buildings' projects. If a building, a socio-technological system, is built together with a biosystem, there can be a farm in the basement. The lamps' heat goes up, heats the building, and the people who live in that building have fresh vegetables on hand. Besides, each building would have one agronomist.
Furthermore, they created an app that has four functions: it is a multivendor (combines transit warehouse for multiple suppliers, logistics, route planning), transaction system (immediately issues invoices, delivery notes - when you click "buy," 12 documents are created automatically), finance management and has a farm and inventory self-management module. They have developed very demanding software that requires a larger volume of sales to make it cost-effective. "Friend, who runs a farm and make one of the best cheese in Croatia, told me that I have a Jaguar in the garage; there will come a time when I will park it in front."
As much as the corona crisis gave them time to build an even stronger story, it still brought them to their knees in some things. "And that's okay. Because looking at physics, everything that sinks has a repressive force, as well," concludes Sergej.
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Agrivi: Digitisation of Croatian Agriculture is Competitiveness Trigger
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes on the 13th of October, 2020, Matija Zulj, the director of the Croatian agro-technological company Agrivi, which has developed one of the most successful applications for agricultural production management, recently presented his innovation in business and stressed the importance of the digitisation of Croatian agriculture, its production and the increase of food safety.
Agrivi, whose software in the agtech industry is today among the top 10 solutions in the world and the top three in all of Europe, cooperates with more than 500 clients across Croatia, and Zulj revealed that they also successfully cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, which educates on digitalisation.
"On their part, there's great interest in the benefits that digitalisation can bring to Croatian agriculture and as such to the entire economy. The benefits are abundant because investing in digitisation pays off quickly; by implementing the solution alone, earnings grow by 50 and 100 percent, thus ensuring the necessary investments.
It gives consumers a detailed insight into production, allows room for greater and better choice and increases food safety. The digitisation of agriculture can be a solution to significantly increase the competitiveness of domestic agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture has an understanding of this,'' said Agrivi's Marija Zulj, who believes that Croatia should use part of the available 22 billion euros of European Union funds for the digitalisation of agriculture, which has proven to be important across the world.
Agrivi's boss also announced that his company has implemented a solution for the traceability of food production with a company in Dubai - a QR code allows a user to obtain all of the necessary information about a product. As Zulj explained, this solution is already showing great market potential and represents a revolution in the food industry.
"The consumer gets the opportunity to get key data on the origin, cultivation and nutritional composition of the product by scanning the code, and the manufacturer gets to achieve premium quality and thus higher prices," explained Zulj, adding that they're ready to implement this solution anywhere in the world, and it would be possible to do that here in Croatia as well.
Agrivi's software is otherwise the most complete solution that, in addition to being easy to use, is also localised in fifteen languages, and is used by farmers of all sizes, food companies, agro-banks and other stakeholders in the agricultural and food industry. Users can get all the information about each stage of production, production plan and timely implementation of agro-technical measures in a mere few clicks.
They work with global leaders such as Driscoll's, the world's largest berry producer, then Nestle, which uses Agrivi software to ensure fruit quality for its baby food factories, and Helvetas, which ensures rice traceability for more than 4,000 small farmers in Asia.
The consulting company Ernst & Young recommended Agrivi's solution as an ideal project that could have a positive impact on agriculture and the entire economy in Croatia in just two years.
Agrivi is celebrating seven years of business this year, coming from humble beginnings as a startup and growing into a technology company, globally established and present in more than 100 countries, with offices in Zagreb, Warsaw, Bucharest and London, with the aim of expanding into the European and American markets where they have a strong customer base and where additional sales offices are expected to open.
They currently have 40 employees and in the last two months they have hired eight new ones in spite of the ongoing pandemic, and at this moment in time, three more positions have been opened. Recently, Agrivi and Agroklub signed an agreement and became strategic partners, thus further positioning themselves as key leaders in digitalisation in agriculture in the Adriatic region.
186,000 Euros for Programme of Distributing a Jar of Croatian Honey to Every First-Grader
ZAGREB, August 27, 2020 - The Croatian government on Thursday approved a HRK 1.4 million programme whereby a jar of honey produced in Croatia will be given to every first grader this autumn.
Agriculture Minister Marija Vuckovic recalled that this programme had been launched in December 2018, and covered all elementary schools throughout the country.
To date, 828 schools with 72,002 pupils have been engaged in the implementation of the programme, and honey provided by 381 local beekeepers has been distributed to those schools.
According to data by beekeepers, which were made public in 2019, Croatia has 8,000 apiarists and more than 415,000 bee communities with an annual production of honey and other bee products of more than 8,000 tonnes.
The average consumption of honey per capita in Croatia is 2 kilogrammes.
Chamber of Agriculture Urges Consumers to Buy Domestic Vegetables
ZAGREB, July 4, 2020 - The Croatian Chamber of Agriculture (HPK) on Saturday called on consumers, buyers, and retailers to help domestic farmers by buying their vegetables because the corona crisis has put them in unenviable market position and this year's yield risks going to waste.
Domestic farmers are desperate as they have no one to sell their product to and the yield risks staying in the fields instead of in stores and farmers' markets, Vjekoslav Budnec, chair of the HPK vegetable farming committee, told a press conference
"Due to the fear of a vegetable shortage in the wake of the corona crisis, vegetable farming increased this spring, which was the goal, to raise self-sufficiency," HPK leaders said.
This year's yield is good but farmers have no one to sell it to as buyers knock the purchase price below the producer price, they added.
"Unfortunately, tourism and tourist consumption as one of the essential sales channels have been absent, while the import and placement of cheap vegetables and market surpluses from the EU and regional markets through retail chains have continued," HPK said.
HPK president Mladen Jakopovic called on consumers to buy domestic vegetables as a way to protect domestic production as well as on retail chains to put more domestic vegetables on their shelves.
HPK expects the government to define a clear vegetable farming strategy.
Its leaders said Croatia imported 56,072 tonnes of vegetables worth €46.37 million in the first three months of this year.
Jakopovic said this was up 11.4% in quantity year on year but that the value was the same, "which proves that even during the corona crisis, world market surpluses were arriving in Croatia at lower prices."
He added that the import of every vegetable was increasing.
According to estimates, there are some 39,000 vegetable farms in Croatia. Their average size is 0.32 hectares, resulting in a low yield per hectare and low competitiveness.
HBOR: 130 Million Kuna Working Capital for Rural Development Secured
As Novac writes on the 29th of May, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and HBOR have prepared a new financial instrument called ''working capital for rural development", for which 130 million kuna has been provided, and loans will be approved directly by HBOR, with an interest rate of 0.5 percent, while users will be exempt from having to pay all fees.
This is a new programme for lending liquidity to farmers and processors of agricultural products and entities operating in the forestry sector whose business is being negatively affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) point out in their separate statements.
These loans will be approved directly by HBOR at a welcome interest rate of 0.5 percent, and loan users are exempt from needing to pay all fees normally charged upon approval (for example, fees for processing a loan application, for reserving funds, etc) as well as fees for the alteration of credit conditions, including early loan repayment fees.
Loan applications will be able to be submitted to HBOR as of Monday, June the 1st, 2020. The minimum loan amount stands at 190,000 kuna and the maximum is 1.52 million kuna.
These funds are approved for a period of up to five years (including a grace period of up to twelve months), or up to three years (including a grace period of up to six months) for loans in the amount of 760 thousand kuna or less.
The Ministry of Agriculture has pointed out that this new instrument will provide liquidity in the agricultural production, processing and forestry sectors in the short term, and also work to further encourage recovery after the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funds will be able to be used to finance employee salaries, overheads and other basic operating costs, the procurement of raw materials and the settlement of liabilities to suppliers and other current operating costs. The funds cannot be used to settle existing credit obligations to commercial banks and other financial institutions, HBOR noted.
The total amount of funds intended for these loans amounts to the aforementioned 130 million kuna, and is provided by the conversion of part of another financial instrument called "investment loans for rural development" into the new financial instrument called ''working capital for rural development".
Loan applications will be being received until December the 31st, 2020, or until the total amount of available funds are used up, according to a statement from the competent ministry and from HBOR.
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Agriculture: Why Can't Croatia Grow Enough Food For Its Own Needs?
As Zvjezdana Blazic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 29th of May, 2020, agriculture and the food industry among the key sectors in times of crisis, especially crises on the scale this one is.
When we talk about agriculture and the accompanying agri-food industry in this day and age, the first thing that we need to clear up is that despite Slavonia once being the bread basket of the region, is that now - Croatia is a country dependent on food imports.
We all have to ask ourselves why a country with so much natural potential, quality agricultural land, plenty of water and a very diverse climate and landscape can't grow and produce enough food for its own needs, despite the fact that it has all of the necessary resources to do so? Why does Croatia import food worth 3.5 billion euros?
Every year, Croatia spends more and more money from European Union funds and the state budget, which is allocated for various types of payments, so-called incentives for agricultural production that is either falling or stagnant. There is a large disproportion between the aid invested and the actual output that is achieved.
In the period from 2005 to 2017, 44 billion kuna was invested in agriculture, an average of 3.2 billion kuna annually, and the value of Croatia's agricultural output has been falling or stagnating for years. It is now close to 17 billion kuna, and before joining the EU it stood at 21 billion kuna. Croatia is burdened with problems when it comes to its agriculture sector that have remained unsolved for years:
Croatia doesn't have a clear vision of what it wants to get out of its own agricultural production, nor what the future of the country's many rural areas is
As a result of the demographic crisis, there has been huge depopulation in Croatia's rural areas
There is inadequate management of land as the main resource for agricultural production, so Croatian estates remain small and fragmented. For the structure of Croatia's agricultural production in which cereals predominate, the average size of agricultural holdings of 11.6 hectares is inadequate
The land is undeveloped and the plots are small and fragmented
The vertical value chain between farmers, the processing industry and retail is broken (except in the case of large integrated systems), and the food processing industry relies heavily on imported raw materials
There is low productivity, and in some sectors Croatia remains the worst in the EU, but there are still relatively high labour costs
Croatia has outdated technology, and there are high costs that come with introducing food quality and safety standards
The resistance of agricultural producers to associations that are too small to enter the market, they are poorly technologically equipped, and the situation is plagued by unfavourable age and qualification structures
Poor public infrastructure, eg irrigation, storage capacity, cold storage, logistics
There is a low level of cooperation with scientific research institutions and the academic community
Poor credit availability remains problematic, as do high tax burdens
There is weak, slow and ineffective administrative support in solving problems in agriculture
Croatia's agriculture sector, much like an array of other sectors, is overwhelmed by draconian bureaucratic regulations, laws, ordinances and instructions on how farmers should produce. The state has burdened them so much with various administrative obligations that they do not have enough time to invest in their actual production.
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, Croatia is now at a pivotal moment in terms of determining the further development of its agricultural policy. We're waiting for the revision of the payment system for agriculture from EU funds in the new programming period and changes to the Common Agricultural Policy.
European Union member states have not yet agreed on a new programming period, primarily being stuck on on financial envelopes and on new rules.
Given the significant changes that have taken place globally in agriculture, as a result of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, we believe that green payments and the protection of rural areas, among an array of other factors, will be more seriously reconsidered.
Experts believe that Croatia must start from production, provide food for its own population, ensure food security in case of any threats like the one we have experienced and is still ongoing, as this is an issue of self-sufficiency and national security. Croatia has the conditions for production and we should be obliged to properly use them.
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Kutjevo Continued Working at Full Capacity Despite Lockdown
As Novac/Matea Grbac writes on the 19th of May, 2020, although the domestic and world economies are gradually opening up again, and people's lives are returning to a slightly altered sort of normalcy, the Croatian economy is still far from out of the woods. Kutjevo has set job preservation as one of its main strategic goals in these strange times.
In these moments of crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, preserving jobs has become the biggest challenge for each and every employer. Day by day, we're witnessing the devastating statistics on the growth in the number of unemployed people, of which there are currently just over 160,000 in terms of the Croatian labour market.
In addition to those who simply lost their jobs practically overnight, more and more workers are on the state-guaranteed minimum wage introduced by the Croatian Government in a package of economic measures designed to keep the Croatian economy's proverbial head above the water. Despite the uncertainty and the fact that it is already clear that the plans for this year are one thing, and their actual implementation is something else, one of the most important agricultural producers in Croatia, Kutjevo, has set job preservation as one of the main strategic short-term and long-term business goals. It is for this reason that the Kutjevo winery has no intentions of encroaching on the rights of 622 employees.
''We have 593 full-time employees and 29 part-time ones. Preserving their jobs while also preserving financial stability and uninterrupted production processes is our business priority because the main seasonal work and preparations for harvest that awaits us at the end of August take place on arable land and on vineyards,'' explained Kutjevo Management Board member, Dino Galić.
He pointed out that for now, they have applied only for job preservation measures and that workers' salaries have not been adjusted, but kept at the level they were at before the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, in order to preserve their standards and the respective household budgets of Kutjevo's employees, a move they're extremely (and rightfully) proud of.
''So far, we haven't utilised any of the other measures offered by the Croatian Government to businesses. We believe that as a large system, we have a responsibility to all public and private institutions to fulfill all of our obligations on time. Of course, as long as the financial construction of the business allows that to happen. We're actively monitoring the development of the situation and we're being informed and consulting with all of the relevant institutions regarding possible frameworks and support on a daily basis,'' he emphasised.
In addition to its workers, Kutjevo also takes care of a large subcontracting base within which it has contracted cooperation with as many as 242 farms that take care of a massive 370 hectares of vineyards. Therefore, this well known Croatian company is constantly trying to make consumers aware of the importance of buying and consuming domestic products above all, thus indirectly providing support to the survival of Croatia's many producers.
Kutjevo has stated that even during these economically trying times, they still worked at full capacity and that due to the nature of the work, most of their employees still came to work physically as normal.
''Since we're a company whose primary activity is agricultural production, we worked at full capacity, of course, in compliance with all of the prescribed measures of the National Civil Protection Headquarters in order to protect the health of our employees at the maximum level. I must also point out the contribution of all of our colleagues who, through their efforts and hard work, ensured that work taking place with field crops and in vineyards was done within the given deadlines,'' he emphasised, adding that like many other companies across the country, office work and work related to sales and marketing was organised in a way so that people could work from home.
The closure of the HoReCa system, the plethora of coronavirus-induced economic issues, the rise in excise duties on alcohol and tobacco products - all these represent challenges that the wine industry has faced this year, and we're only in May. In addition to all of these troubles, Galić stated that according to information from the sales index, the growth of wine sales in retail chains is visible, but this data still doesn't go in favour of domestic winemakers. Namely, although the growth is visible, it is more related to imported wines which come in lower price categories, and the sales of top wines from Croatian wineries are unfortunately continuing to decline.
Despite the less than encouraging numbers, they still see something positive in everything. It is precisely the growth of online sales that has flourished in the last two months. Along with the growth of e-commerce, a positive shift, he added, is also visible in the gradual change in the habits of local consumers who seem to be beginning to appreciate quality domestic products more.
''Changes in consumer habits have been visible for a long time. Croats are becoming more and more educated about wines, as well as in pairing that drink with certain meals, thus raising the bar for local winemakers. This is an excellent indicator for us because, in line with this trend, we're constantly investing in production processes in order to achieve better quality,'' explained Galić.
Kutjevo winery, known for its "queen of the cellar", Graševina, sells sixty percent of its wines on the domestic market through hotels and restaurants, which is why it views the reopening of the HoReCa system positively. For example, last year alone, they sold a little more than five million litres of wine through this sales channel on both domestic and foreign markets alone.
''Without caterers and hoteliers, the viticulture sector has no chance to sell wine and maintain the current dynamics. Wine is mostly consumed at gatherings such as celebrations, concerts, weddings and other occasions. We're currently making additional efforts to prepare for the season ahead, despite a large number of questions and unknowns hanging over our heads. We're obliged to deliver the top level of quality to our partners and consumers, regardless of the economic situation through our wine assortment and our service, which we're extremely proud of,'' concluded Kutjevo's Galić.
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Daily Mail & General (DMGT)
Thursday 21 July, 2016
Daily Mail & General
Third Quarter Trading Update
RNS Number : 7872E
Daily Mail and General Trust plc ('DMGT')
This trading update covers the third quarter of DMGT's financial year, the three month period to 30 June 2016. It describes the Group's financial position and performance during the period, updated to the latest practicable date.
Outlook in line with current market expectations~
· Underlying# revenue growth for the third quarter of 1% on last year; reported revenues benefiting from stronger US dollar
· Underlying# growth of 3% from our B2B businesses with an improving trend at Euromoney
· dmg media underlying# revenue decline of 2% with weak UK print advertising market, partly offset by digital advertising growth and robust circulation revenue
· Continued active portfolio management with acquisitions for dmg information
· Net debt remained at £719 million, in line with our expectations
· Appointment of Paul Zwillenberg as Chief Executive on 1 June 2016
· Outlook for the Full Year in line with current market expectations~
Revenue Growth v Prior Year
(3 months to end June 2016)
Underlying#
Group revenue
dmg information
dmg events
Euromoney
dmg media†
· Risk Management Solutions (RMS): revenues grew by an underlying# 5% in the quarter, despite the continuing adverse impact of some client consolidation. Reported revenues benefited from the stronger US dollar. The RMS(one) suite of products and solutions remains on track to be released in stages to RMS's client base. The first application to run on RMS(one), Exposure Manager, is expected to be released in the coming weeks, with amortisation of the RMS(one) asset commencing in August 2016.
· dmg information: revenues grew by an underlying# 6% in the quarter. Reported revenues benefited from the stronger US dollar. Genscape, the energy business, continued to deliver double-digit underlying# growth. The underlying# revenue growth rate at Hobsons, the education business, accelerated to double-digits during the quarter. The property information portfolio, which includes Landmark and SearchFlow in the UK, and EDR, Trepp, Xceligent, Buildfax and SiteCompli in the US, delivered low-single digit underlying# growth. Trading at the property information businesses is expected to be adversely impacted by continuing low commercial and residential property transaction volumes. Consequently, the Full Year underlying# revenue growth rate is now expected to be in the high-single digits rather than being around 10%, as previously guided to. Full Year revenue, including the benefit of acquisitions and the stronger US dollar, is expected to be in line with market expectations~.
· dmg events: revenues declined by an underlying# 7% in the quarter. As expected, the weak Canadian energy market had an adverse impact on the Global Petroleum Show, which occurred in June. Reported revenues were also adversely impacted by the absence of digital marketing events, which were disposed of in September 2015.
· Euromoney Institutional Investor: revenues declined by an underlying# 1% in the quarter, an improvement from the 6% decline in the first half of the year. Euromoney released a trading update earlier today and highlighted the early signs of progress from the strategic actions the business is taking to grow subscription revenues and the return to growth of event sponsorship revenues. This has been offset by the continued difficult conditions for advertising and a reduction in delegate revenues.
dmg media
Revenue Growth v Prior Year†
· dmg media: revenues declined by an underlying# 2% in the quarter. Circulation revenues were down 1% due to declining volumes, although benefited from the cover price increase of the Monday to Friday editions of the Daily Mail, which was implemented in February 2016. Both the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday continue to hold significant market share of 22.8% and 21.8% respectively*. The cover price of The Mail on Sunday was increased by 10 pence to £1.70 on 10 July 2016. The disposal of Wowcher, which occurred in November 2015, had an adverse impact on reported growth and dmg media's total reported revenues declined by 6% in the quarter.
Total advertising revenues across dmg media were down by an underlying# 4%, with a 10% decline in print advertising being partly offset by 12% growth in digital advertising. For the three weeks since 26 June 2016, dmg media's quarter end, total advertising revenues for the business have increased by an underlying# 1% compared to last year, with an 8% decline in print advertising being more than offset by 19% growth in digital advertising.
· Mail businesses: MailOnline's advertising revenues increased by an underlying# £3 million (18%), partly offsetting a decline of £4 million (11%) at the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday for the quarter. Advertising revenues across the Mail businesses as a whole, for print and digital combined, were consequently down by 2%.
· MailOnline: underlying# digital advertising growth of 18% in the quarter reflected continued encouraging growth in both the UK and the US. MailOnline's global monthly unique browsers in June 2016 stood at 236 million, up 25 million or 12% on last year, and average global daily unique browsers were 15.1 million, an increase of 10% on last year.
Net debt / financing
Net debt at 30 June 2016 was £719 million, unchanged since 31 March 2016 and consistent with our expectations given the change in the US dollar exchange rate during the period. The ratio of net debt to EBITDA is expected to be 2.0 or less at the year end.
Active Portfolio Management
dmg information acquired and invested in several early-stage businesses in the energy and US property information sectors during the quarter. Notably, in June, Genscape acquired GP Energy Management, a New York-based provider of energy management services to electricity and gas retailers and generators. In April, Euromoney sold its energy publishing businesses, Gulf Publishing Company and Petroleum Economist, in line with its strategy of actively managing its portfolio of assets.
The Group's performance during the third quarter has been broadly in line with expectations. The 'Brexit' result of the UK referendum has created some uncertainty, notably in respect of the UK advertising and property markets. However, DMGT continues to benefit from being a diversified portfolio operating in multiple sectors across B2B and consumer markets, with the majority of operating profits being earned outside the UK. The outlook for the Full Year remains consistent with current market expectations~.
Appointment of Paul Zwillenberg as Chief Executive
Paul Zwillenberg was appointed Chief Executive of DMGT on 1 June 2016, following the retirement of Martin Morgan from the DMGT Board. Paul Zwillenberg was previously Global Leader Media Sector for The Boston Consulting Group and has worked closely with DMGT for 20 years.
Market Abuse Regulation
As with previous financial announcements, the information communicated in this announcement includes inside information. DMGT has included this statement in this announcement in order to comply with the Market Abuse Regulation, which came into effect on 3 July 2016.
For analyst and institutional enquiries:
Stephen Daintith, Finance Director
Adam Webster, Head of Management Information
and Investor Relations
For media enquiries:
Kim Fletcher / Simone Selzer, Brunswick Group
A conference call will be held with City analysts at 8.00 am on 21 July 2016. The dial-in number is +44 (0)20 3059 8125. A replay of the call will be available on DMGT's website at www.dmgt.com.
Future trading updates
DMGT's next scheduled announcement of financial information will be a trading update, provisionally scheduled for 29 September 2016.
About DMGT
DMGT manages a balanced multinational portfolio of entrepreneurial companies, with total revenues of almost £2 bn, that provides a diverse range of businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, news and entertainment.
# Underlying revenue is revenue on a like-for-like basis, adjusted for constant exchange rates, disposals, closures, non-annual events occurring in the current and prior year and acquisitions. For dmg information, underlying growth includes the year-on-year organic growth from acquisitions and excludes disposals. For dmg events, the comparisons are between events held in the year and the same events held the previous time. For Euromoney, disposals are excluded and a biennial event that took place in February 2016 is also excluded. For dmg media, underlying comparisons exclude Evenbase and Wowcher, which were disposed of during the prior and current years. dmg media's underlying growth includes the year-on-year organic growth from acquisitions and excludes the revenue from low margin newsprint resale activities.
~ Current City analyst expectations for DMGT for FY 2016 range from £1,806 million to £1,909 million for revenue, from £237 million to £256 million for adjusted profit before tax and from 49.4 pence to 54.8 pence for adjusted basic earnings per share with a consensus of £1,884 million, £248 million and 52.4 pence. Adjusted results are from continuing and discontinued operations and are stated before exceptional items, other gains and losses, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, pension finance charges and amortisation of intangible assets arising on business combinations. Current City analyst expectations for dmg information revenue range from £458 million to £512 million with a consensus of £490 million.
† dmg media's results are to Sunday 26 June 2016 and are compared to the same thirty nine week period and thirteen week quarter of the prior year.
* Daily Mail's estimated 22.8% compared to 23.4% last year and The Mail on Sunday's estimated 21.8% compared to 22.1% last year. Circulation market share figures are calculated using ABC's June 2015 National Newspapers Report, excluding digital subscribers, and DMGT's own estimates for June 2016, in advance of ABC's June 2016 National Newspapers Report being published on 21 July 2016.
The average £:$ exchange rate for the nine months was £1:$1.46 (against £1:$1.55 in the same period last year).
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