MAVE Jičín

MAVE Jičín, a. s. is a Czech agricultural joint-stock company based in Jičín, Czech Republic. Its core business is the production of eggs and slaughter pigs, supplemented by the sale of piglets, laying hens and pullets, farmyard manure (including slurry application), trading activities, transport services and retail sales. The company was established as a joint-stock company on 1 January 1991, although the history of the operation dates back to 1970. Its registered capital is CZK 103,500,000, with a nominal value of CZK 10,000 per share, and its annual turnover is approximately CZK 250 million. The company is organised into four plants: Soběraz, Vršce, Dřevěnice and Pševes. MAVE Jičín has publicly committed to improving animal welfare, announcing that it will end cage housing of hens by 31 December 2026 and complete a transition to litter-based and aviary systems, in line with the 2020 amendment to Act No. 246/1992 Coll. on the protection of animals against cruelty, which bans cage housing of laying hens from 2027. From 9 February 2026 the company sells only eggs from aviary or litter-based housing, marked 2CZ. The transition may temporarily affect egg availability or price levels, but the company frames it as a step toward higher-quality and more ethical production.

The history of the operation behind MAVE Jičín began in 1970, according to the company's own account. The joint-stock company MAVE Jičín was formally established on 1 January 1991. Its business scope covers the production of eggs, slaughter pigs and piglets, farmyard fertilizers including application, trading, transport services and retail sales. The company is organised into four plants: Soběraz, Vršce, Dřevěnice and Pševes. Its registered capital is CZK 103,500,000, with a nominal share value of CZK 10,000, and its annual turnover is approximately CZK 250 million. In recent years the company has undertaken a major animal-welfare transition. It announced that it would end cage housing of hens by 31 December 2026, having begun reconstructions as early as 2019, and that from 9 February 2026 it would sell only eggs from aviary or litter-based housing, marked 2CZ. This step responds both to the company's long-term commitment to improving animal conditions and to the 2020 amendment to Act No. 246/1992 Coll. on the protection of animals against cruelty, which bans cage housing of laying hens from 2027. The company noted that the transition could temporarily affect egg availability or price levels.

• 2026

  Announcement that cage housing of hens will end by 31 December 2026; from 9 February 2026 only eggs from aviary or litter-based housing are sold.

• 2020

  Amendment to Act No. 246/1992 Coll. approved, banning cage housing of laying hens from 2027.

• 2019

  Reconstructions begin to prepare for the transition away from cage housing.

• 1991

  MAVE Jičín established as a joint-stock company on 1 January 1991.

• 1970

  History of the operation begins.

Czech agricultural producer focused on eggs and slaughter pigs, with a stated commitment to animal welfare and a transition away from cage housing.

• Eggs

  Table eggs from aviary or litter-based housing, marked 2CZ.

• Slaughter pigs

  Pigs raised for meat production.

• Piglets

  Young pigs sold to other producers.

• Laying hens and pullets

  Hens and young hens sold for egg production.

• Farmyard manure and slurry application

  Organic fertilizers and application services.

1. 1Produkce vajec a jatečných prasat MAVE Jičín, a. s.mavejicin.cz
2. 2MAVE Jičín - Wikidatawikidata.org