Tag: German Farmers’ Union
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
Green ministries are grappling with photovoltaic expansion
Photovoltaic Economics Minister Habeck has set the goal of increasing annual installations to 22 gigawatts from 2026 – half of them in open spaces. (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin, Dusseldorf Three…
The federal government wants to invest four billion euros in the ecosystems
Berlin With 69 measures in ten fields of action, the federal government wants to improve the condition of the ecosystems in Germany and thus strengthen their resilience to the climate…
No more sunflower oil shortages caused by the war
sunflower oil According to the oilseed processing industry in Germany (Ovid), the supply of edible oil has normalized despite the ongoing conflict. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Berlin/Munich A good year after the…
Targeted higher forms of husbandry for meat and sausages by 2030
Sausage shelf at Aldi By 2030, the discounter wants to have converted all meat products to the higher husbandry forms three and four. Dusseldorf With great pathos, the discounters Aldi…
Selenski dismisses numerous members of the government after allegations of corruption
Volodymyr Zelensky A series of suspected corruption cases has rocked Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the middle of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to several suspected…
Fertilizer manufacturers in Europe are in dire straits – the competition in the Gulf is arming itself
Farmer fertilizes a field In the future, German farmers could become significantly more dependent on imports from Russia and the Gulf States. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Dusseldorf The extremely high price…
Fertilizer manufacturers in Europe are in dire straits – the competition in the Gulf is arming itself
Farmer fertilizes a field In the future, German farmers could become significantly more dependent on imports from Russia and the Gulf States. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Dusseldorf The extremely high price…
Farmers fear fertilizer shortages and pesticide bans
Dusseldorf The use of pesticides in the EU is to be reduced by half in the next few years – this is what the plans in the Green Deal of…
Grain harvest & illegal immigrants worry Spain
Madrid The office of Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has something of a ballroom in it – meter-high ceilings, wood paneling on the walls and plenty of space between the…
Grain harvest & illegal immigrants worry Spain
Madrid The office of Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has something of a ballroom in it – meter-high ceilings, wood paneling on the walls and plenty of space between the…
Relief package from the Federal Environment Agency: This is how the affected sectors are reacting
The authority’s president, Dirk Messner, justified the tax relief package with climate protection. What is environmentally friendly should become cheaper, what is environmentally harmful should no longer be subsidized by…
Food prices are likely to rise by more than 10 percent
Supermarket Consumer prices have been rising uncontrollably since the Ukraine war. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg People in Germany will probably have to pay significantly more for groceries in the coming months.…
Why food is getting more expensive
Dusseldorf, Berlin Food prices could continue to rise in the coming months. This is what agricultural economists and consumer experts are assuming. Because the situation on the global agricultural markets…
Why food is getting more expensive
Dusseldorf, Berlin Food prices could continue to rise in the coming months. This is what agricultural economists and consumer experts are assuming. Because the situation on the global agricultural markets…
Grain cultivation: Farmers want to increase production
Grain harvest in Baden-Württemberg Debate about wheat cultivation on ecological priority areas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The global shortage of wheat, triggered by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, is…
Meat, vegetables and cereals are becoming more expensive
One end is not foreseen. Aldi has announced higher prices, as has the bakery – to name just a few. “The second wave of price increases is coming, and it…
How much will bread really cost?
loaf of bread Many bakeries are currently having to review their calculations. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin Bread and rolls become more expensive as a result of the war. Small bakers…
Fertilizer manufacturers are curbing production: there is a risk of losses in harvests
Dusseldorf Because of the crushingly high price of natural gas, the first major manufacturers of fertilizers are reducing their production. The European market leader in nitrogen fertilizers, the Yara Group…