Köstinger: Gastro lockdown puts agriculture under pressure
Domestic farmers are clearly feeling the effects of the lockdown on catering and tourism businesses due to the coronavirus crisis. The decline in sales, for example in the milk, beef and vegetable sectors, is putting farmers under pressure, said Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) in an interview with APA. Source: www.suedtirolnews.it
Schwarzmann: Priority for regional food supply
Direct marketing and online sales are experiencing a new upswing. Vienna (OTS) - The current crisis clearly shows that regional supply offers society security and that globalisation does not work for strategically important products such as food or basic medical equipment. "The current situation makes it clear how important regional food supplies are for a society." Source: www.ots.at
Milchwerke Berchtesgadener Land pay Corona emergency aid
"As a cooperative, we want to support our farmers quickly and unbureaucratically in this very tough test for them - as for everyone," says Bernhard Pointner, Managing Director of Molkerei Berchtesgadener Land, explaining the payment of the emergency aid. Many businesses have their backs to the wall, he says. source: www.topagrar.com
USDA launches farm aid programme
Following the announcement by US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, the US Department of Agriculture USDA will purchase up to three billion US dollars worth of agricultural products under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and distribute them to those in need. Source: www.agrarwelt.com
Milk market: 30 million euros for storage
The EU Commission has now presented concrete figures on how it intends to support milk prices. Dairies are to withdraw these quantities from the market. source: www.wochenblatt-dlv.de
Emergency plan activated: Vorarlberg Milch starts stockpiling
Due to the slump on the export markets and the lack of sales in tourism, Vorarlberg Milch made a stockpiling decision to restrict deliveries, which is now being implemented. Source: www.topagrar.com
Article Comments Card Stein: Farmers become eco-managers
STEIN - Its first project in the district of Fürth has only just begun and the FürthNatur association is already being scrutinised. In Stein, it is acting as an ecological area manager for a construction project on Deutenbacher Straße on the site of the old Krügel residential building. source: www.nordbayern.de
How our neighbouring country is overcoming the crisis
Austria has been hit particularly hard by coronavirus. We asked exporters in the Alpine republic how they are dealing with the crisis: hoarding - slump in sales - slow recovery. The mood: "cautiously positive". By Elke Häberle and Friederike Stahmann Source: lebensmittelpraxis.de
Conservationists start up the new bar mower
A special machine was financed with donations. It is essential for maintaining the biotope in Tiefenbach The old beam mower belonging to the Bund Naturschutz recently gave up the ghost. A painful loss, as the device is needed, among other things, for the careful maintenance of the biotope at the old sewage treatment plant in Tiefenbach. source: www.augsburger-allgemeine.de
Strengthening mountain farming
The Swiss Association for Mountain Regions (SAB) wants to strengthen mountain farming. It is therefore calling for corrections to the 2022 agricultural policy and rejects the drinking water and pesticide initiatives. Source: www.schweizerbauer.ch
Farmers satisfied with harvest season so far
Farmers in Vorarlberg are quite satisfied with this year's harvest season. They were largely spared extreme weather events this year. In Montafon, however, the fight against a plague of white grubs continues. source: vorarlberg.orf.at
Survey on the Fribourg Alps: there's enough water this summer
Almost 200 mountain huts in the canton of Fribourg do not have sufficient water sources. Now the situation is to be improved. A study is analysing the water supply in the Fribourg Alps and the measures to be taken in order to be able to deal with the next drought in good time. In an initial analysis, Frédéric Ménétrey, Managing Director of the Alpine Farming Association (FAV), stated that the survey of the 602 alpine farms with 1428 alpine huts shows that there is a need for action. Source: www.bauernzeitung.ch