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The German Farmers' Association warns of a collapse in agricultural yields as a result of gas shortages. If fertilizers were therefore only available to a limited extent or were discontinued, yields would immediately drop by 30 to 40 percent, said association president Joachim Rukwied ahead of the two-day conference of federal and state agriculture ministers starting on Thursday. "To ensure stable harvests, the availability of fertilizer is essential."
Gas is necessary to produce nitrogen fertilizer. "We need prioritization in gas for the entire agricultural and food sector - and also for fertilizer manufacturers," Rukwied told the dpa news agency. He said the entire food industry depends on gas, such as sugar factories and dairies. "Without gas, there's no milk, no butter, no yogurt."
The chairman of the Conference of Agriculture Ministers, Saxony-Anhalt's Agriculture Minister Sven Schulze (CDU), had recently called for an energy price cap for the food industry. The high prices were limiting competitiveness and causing prices to rise sharply all the way to food retailers, Schulze said. Agriculture ministers also discuss animal welfare
On Thursday and Friday, federal and state agriculture ministers will meet in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt. In addition to the overarching topic on the effects and consequences of the Ukraine war, the ministers want to discuss, for example, the restructuring of livestock farming.
Several sides are pressing for the fastest possible restructuring toward greater animal welfare. The farmers' association is also calling for clarity: "For years, all parties have agreed to bring even more animal welfare into the stables. Now this must finally be implemented and our farmers must not be left out in the cold," said Rukwied.
Financing issues have not yet been finally resolved. The so-called Borchert Commission, an important expert commission, had criticized the standstill in the necessary financing. Accordingly, the FDP has so far not agreed to any of the proposed and feasible options. Experts from the commission had already presented a concept for a gradual transformation of animal husbandry to significantly higher standards in 2020.
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2022-09/bauern-ertragseinbrueche-duenger-gas-knappheit
The German Farmers' Association warns of a collapse in agricultural yields as a result of gas shortages. If fertilizers were therefore only available to a limited extent or were discontinued, yields would immediately drop by 30 to 40 percent, said association president Joachim Rukwied ahead of the two-day conference of federal and state agriculture ministers starting on Thursday. "To ensure stable harvests, the availability of fertilizer is essential."
Gas is necessary to produce nitrogen fertilizer. "We need prioritization in gas for the entire agricultural and food sector - and also for fertilizer manufacturers," Rukwied told the dpa news agency. He said the entire food industry depends on gas, such as sugar factories and dairies. "Without gas, there's no milk, no butter, no yogurt."
The chairman of the Conference of Agriculture Ministers, Saxony-Anhalt's Agriculture Minister Sven Schulze (CDU), had recently called for an energy price cap for the food industry. The high prices were limiting competitiveness and causing prices to rise sharply all the way to food retailers, Schulze said.
Agriculture ministers also discuss animal welfare
On Thursday and Friday, federal and state agriculture ministers will meet in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt. In addition to the overarching topic on the effects and consequences of the Ukraine war, the ministers want to discuss, for example, the restructuring of livestock farming.
Several sides are pressing for the fastest possible restructuring toward greater animal welfare. The farmers' association is also calling for clarity: "For years, all parties have agreed to bring even more animal welfare into the stables. Now this must finally be implemented and our farmers must not be left out in the cold," said Rukwied.
Financing issues have not yet been finally resolved. The so-called Borchert Commission, an important expert commission, had criticized the standstill in the necessary financing. Accordingly, the FDP has so far not agreed to any of the proposed and feasible options. Experts from the commission had already presented a concept for a gradual transformation of animal husbandry to significantly higher standards in 2020.
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2022-09/bauern-ertragseinbrueche-duenger-gas-knappheit
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