Tag: Agriculture
Agricultural diesel: farmers in the stress test – politics
The Swabian farmer knows the numbers in his business very well. Ernst Buck pays an average of 1.45 euros per liter for the tractors on his farm in Holzkirch on…
SZ podcast: Farmer protests: Are farmers the nation’s doormats? – Business
Thousands of farmers mobilized against the traffic light government on Monday to protest against the planned removal of tax breaks. “We won’t accept this,” shouted farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied at…
“Prices will fall” in certain sectors, assures the Minister of Agriculture
Will prices finally drop? While INSEE forecasts a slowdown in inflation to around 2.5% in June 2024, Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, assured this on France Inter.…
Agricultural aid cuts: Cem Özdemir doesn’t want to have done it – politics
How big is the anger of the farmers? The capital should find out on Monday. Before the weekend, the farmers’ association called on “all farmers” to come to the Brandenburg…
Corn chopper trial: suspended sentence for acts of sabotage in fields – Bavaria
In the so-called corn chopper trial, a farmer was sentenced to a year and a half in prison on probation for several acts of sabotage. The court found it proven…
FDP: “Bigot!” ++ CDU: “Treason!” ++ Farmers: “Enough!”: This letter puts Özdemir in distress | politics
After the budget agreement, the operators of the 262,000 agricultural businesses in Germany are looking down the drain – but the Minister of Agriculture Cem Ozdemir (57, Green) raises his…
A commission of inquiry examines “public powerlessness” to reduce pesticides
A parliamentary commission of inquiry denounced Thursday “a collective failure” to reduce the use of pesticides, with a “form of public helplessness” despite serious repercussions on water quality and biodiversity.…
Bavaria’s organic agriculture is stalling – Bavaria
The area of organically farmed fields and pastures in Bavaria has grown steadily for many years. Now it is actually stagnating for the first time. This emerges from the current…
Why olive oil has become so expensive
As of: December 13, 2023 12:44 p.m The prices for olive oil have recently risen massively – and are likely to remain permanently high. The drought in southern Europe has…
Occupied by farmers, the premises of the regional directorate of agriculture evacuated
Anger is brewing in the countryside. A week after the demonstration of farmers affiliated with the FNSEA and the Young Farmers in several towns in Brittany, this time it was…