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As part of the amendment to the "DL Sostegni" subsidy decree, Senator Meinhard Durnwalder's amendment was approved after several attempts, which also allows smaller agricultural businesses access to the state subsidy programme "Conto termico" until 31 December 2022: "Until now, small businesses, which make up a large part of our country, were excluded from this. This injustice has now been eliminated," emphasised Durnwalder. source: www.tageszeitung.it

Vienna (OTS) - "The EU Green Deal presented by the upcoming EU Commission President von der Leyen as a central economic concept for Europe is basically a good approach. The Austrian dairy industry has long focussed on quality and sustainability in production and processing, but it must be ensured that sustainable economic practices are also rewarded," explains the President of the Association of Austrian Milk Processors Dir. Helmut Petschar on the recently published announcements of the new EU Commission Source: boerse-express.com

In order to stop the dramatic loss of biodiversity, on 17 July 2019 the Bavarian state parliament passed the referendum "Biodiversity and natural beauty in Bavaria" and the associated accompanying law. source: www.meine-news.de

In 2020, the focus will remain on animal welfare and sustainability. ARGE Heumilch relies on an all-round marketing package for better marketing Source: www.falstaff.at

Vienna [ENA] It is always strange to hear when the "traditional" is suddenly discovered as the "new". This is also the case with hay milk. In the past, there was only "hay milk", as it was the simplest and most sensible form of dairy farming, but factory farming has come up with even more animal suffering in order to increase yields to rock bottom. Fermented feed and pure stall farming are part of this. source: www.european-news-agency.de

Last year, 510 million kg of hay milk was processed in Austria. Turnover in the Austrian food trade increased by 5.4% to €105 million in 2019 compared to the previous year, meaning that the growth rate for hay milk was significantly higher than the overall market growth rate of 0.4% (Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Heumilch). Source: www.elite-magazin.de

Double-blade mowers have a very good cutting quality with cutting edge and counter-blade. ÖKL Managing Director Dipl.-Ing. Gebhard Aschenbrenner vividly explained the differences between the various mowers. In the case of bar, finger or double-blade mowers, the scissor-like cut is made by a reciprocating (oscillating, on average only at a speed of 2.5 m/sec) movement. source: ktn.lko.at

After a significant decline in 2018, there are signs of an increase in agricultural income in 2019. According to the second preliminary estimate of the agricultural accounts by Statistics Austria, agricultural income per labourer increased by an average of 2.2% in real terms after falling by 4.3% in 2018. Source: www.schweizerbauer.ch

HOFER has recently started offering the new "Zurück zum Ursprung" (Back to the Origin) organic hay milk. Organic milk with the same quality as in the past, from cows raised by Murau and Murtal mountain farmers, who enjoy daily exercise and at least 120 days a year on pasture. In winter, they are fed the best hay. The milk is bottled in the Upper Styrian dairy. source: www.meinbezirk.at

Intercropping is one of the most important agri-environmental measures. Catch crops have various positive properties. They bind nutrients, contribute to erosion and water protection, have a positive effect on soil fertility and soil functions, loosen up the crop rotation, suppress weeds and are beneficial for biodiversity. Source: www.topagrar.com

Mowers, rakes, balers and loader wagons - at Agritechnica 2019, manufacturers of grassland technology not only exhibited large machines, but also exciting new developments. source: www.agrarheute.com

The Austrian Chamber of Agriculture and the Farmers' Union are appealing to the food trade to refrain from slingshot campaigns and cheap imports right now. source: vbg.lko.at