Rockfall Land must pay for damage to minibus
Quedlinburg - The judgement according to which the state of Saxony-Anhalt must pay damages to a bus company after a rockfall is legally binding. This was explained by Christian Löffler, spokesman for the Magdeburg Regional Court, in response to an enquiry from MZ. source: www.mz-web.de
Stable development in the dairy industry
Bolzano - After years of enormous pressure on South Tyrol's dairy farmers, they were able to breathe a sigh of relief in 2017: milk volumes increased slightly, farm-gate prices were satisfactory and structural change has slowed down. This was announced at the plenary meeting of the South Tyrolean Dairy Association. "Despite the positive year 2017, we are still thinking about the future," says Chairman Joachim Reinalter. "And that lies in sustainable, area-based, quality-focussed dairy farming." Source: www.suedtirolnews.it
Why do bees die when mowing meadows?
Flowering meadows with yellow dandelions - a paradise for bees. But in the next few days, the grassland is mown and suddenly the forage table is empty. In addition, many bees and other insects are shredded by the sharp blades of the mowers. Is there any rescue? Source: www.br.de
Kaniber assures Allgäu farmers of support
Bavaria's Minister of Agriculture Michaela Kaniber (CSU) has pledged her full support to farmers during a visit to Dietmannsried in the Oberallgäu. She had accepted an invitation from Eric Beißwenger, a member of the state parliament, who brought her into contact with representatives from various agricultural sectors between the Allgäu and Lake Constance at the Meggle holiday farm in Heusteig. source: allgaeuhit.de
Austria: Haymilk continues to grow
The hay milk boom in Austria continues: as in previous years, sales increased again in 2017, by 9.9 per cent to 128 million euros, according to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heumilch. Sales grew by 7.1 per cent to around 46,000 tonnes in 2017. source: www.bauernzeitung.ch
Hay milk: 2018 points the way forward
Austria has been successful with the hay milk quality seal since 2004. In Switzerland, the Heumilch Schweiz association, founded in July 2016, is also on its way to becoming successful with hay milk. source: www.schweizerbauer.ch
Bird species are slowly disappearing
The Ruggeller Riet is one of the most important habitats for native flora and fauna in the whole of Liechtenstein. The biodiversity is enormous. But even the nature reserve is not always protected from external influences. source: www.vaterland.li
World Milk Day: Styrian dairy farmers under severe pressure
Titschenbacher: Quality milk needs a fair price Graz (OTS) - "Domestic dairy farmers are consistently pursuing the quality path and, in addition to exclusively GMO-free quality milk, are also bringing diversified varieties such as organic milk, hay milk or organic hay milk to the shelves," emphasises Styrian Chamber of Agriculture (LK) President Franz Titschenbacher. Source: www.ots.at
EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis visits the Laimburg test centre
Pfatten - On Monday, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, visited the Laimburg Research Centre to find out about the centre's research in the fields of agriculture and food processing. Source: www.suedtirolnews.it
Working horses mow the old Gildkamp cemetery in Nordhorn
No more grave silence: six workhorses and a crowd of children filled the Gildkamp cemetery in Nordhorn with life last Saturday. The animals mowed the meadows on the former cemetery under the enthusiastic gaze of the children. source: www.gn-online.de
Profit also in the third year
The small ballroom of the village cheese dairy is bursting at the seams. For most of the 241 shareholders, attending the Annual General Meeting is a matter of honour, assumes Supervisory Board Chairman Rudolf Bühler. They are less interested in the cheese on deposit - each shareholder takes a kilogramme home with them at the end of the evening. What counts for them is participation in a "project of solidarity between citizens and farmers". These are the words used by the village cheese dairy's top supervisor in a press release. Source: www.swp.de
Record prices for organic milk
Nevertheless, the premium for organic milk (compared to conventional milk) shrank to its lowest level in more than three years (June 2014), as prices for conventional milk rose more sharply than prices for organic milk in October. At the same time, the volume of organic milk supplied in October was 25.2% (!!) higher than a year ago. For the entire period from January to October 2017, deliveries in Germany were also at a record high, with organic milk accounting for around 3.0% of the total cow's milk delivered in Germany in the period from January to October 2017. In the previous year (2016), the proportion of organic milk was 2.5%. source: www.agrarheute.com