Hessian water amendment extends the protection area of the waterway edge strip
In Hesse, a five-metre strip along the edge of watercourses is also intended to reduce material pollution from the cultivation of land along watercourses in urban areas. This is one of the contents of the new state water law, which the Hessian state government presented to the plenary session of the state parliament in Wiesbaden yesterday at first reading. The amendment focusses on improving the natural development of surface waters, said Environment Minister Priska Hinz (Greens). Source: www.euwid-wasser.de
"Farmers are beating down our doors"
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Frick is investing millions in expansion in 2018. FiBL Director Urs Niggli emphasises that the trend towards organic farming is fuelling growth, as is the increasing popularity of the institute. source: www.nfz.ch
Farmers receive 316 million euros in EU funding
Saxony-Anhalt's farmers received around 316 million euros from European Union subsidies last year. The EU direct payments were transferred to the accounts of more than 4,250 farmers in the state as planned, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Friday. Almost a third of the funding was paid out as a so-called greening premium, for which farmers must demonstrate measures to protect the climate and the environment. According to the ministry, this involves, for example, maintaining permanent grassland or varying the crop rotation in the fields. source: www.t-online.de
Two young farmers without fear of the future
"A farmer who doesn't moan is not healthy", as the saying goes. However, there is no sign of this with the young master farmers Manuel Waldvogel and Florian Wursthorn. The two young farmers come from farms in districts of Titisee-Neustadt and have attended the technical colleges for agriculture in Emmendingen and Donaueschingen for three winter and two summer semesters since 2014 and successfully passed their exams to become master farmers. Source: www.badische-zeitung.de
Nature conservation partner farmer
BAVARIA For the first time, the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and the Bavarian Farmers' Association are jointly honouring farmers for their commitment to nature conservation. To this end, Bavarian Environment Minister Ulrike Scharf and the President of the Bavarian Farmers' Association, Stefan Köhler, have officially launched the "Nature Conservation Partner Farmer" competition. Source: www.wochenblatt.de
Mühlviertel organic hay milk farmers double their milk deliveries
Domestic organic hay milk farmers can claim exactly that. Since 2014, they have doubled their annual supply volume from 1.5 to three million kilos of milk - and are more satisfied than ever. "Many of us made a conscious decision to switch and wanted to get away from the eternal pressure to grow," says Stefan Hofer from Auberg. Like his delivery colleagues, the "Hollerberger" enjoys being a farmer. The 30 farmers produce raw milk from the Upper Mühlviertel for the Hofer organic line "Zurück zum Ursprung" (Back to the source), which is processed into buttermilk in a wide variety of flavours by Berglandmilch. Like their colleagues, group spokespersons Stefan Hofer, Josef Wiesinger and Günther Pötscher have found their calling in organic hay milk production. They can well imagine that fresh milk from the Mühlviertel region could also be available on supermarket shelves in the future. source: www.nachrichten.at
Demeter HeuMilch farmers become a brand
With the new seal-like brand logo, the producer association Demeter MilchBauern Süd w.V. also makes it clear to consumers that the product contains milk of the highest quality. In January 2018, the new logo seal of the producer association Demeter MilchBauern Süd w.V. will appear for the first time on hay milk products in health food shops and traditional food retailers. Source: www.demeter.de
Recipe for success with hay milk and courage
Complaining about the difficult milk market has never been an issue for farmer Franz Obereisenbuchner (34). Back in the 1990s, his father started direct marketing with a raw milk vending machine on the farm. After training as a farmer and dairy specialist, Franz Obereisenbuchner Jr. went one better and founded the Alztaler Hofmolkerei dairy on his parents' farm in Hutlehen in the municipality of Garching im Alztal. source: www.agrarheute.com
Hay milk grew significantly faster than the overall market in 2017
More and more consumers in Austria are buying hay milk and hay milk products. Sales of hay milk in the Austrian food trade increased by seven percent to around 45,000 tonnes in the previous year, while turnover rose by 8.7 percent to around 125 million euros. By comparison, the overall market grew by 0.7 per cent in terms of sales, with turnover rising by 3.3 per cent. source: www.sn.at
Global organic market continues to grow
Switzerland remains an organic Eldorado. In 2016, the Swiss again consumed the most organic food per capita in the world, totalling CHF 315. This gives us a 3% share of global organic retail sales, according to the latest figures from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Frick. Source: www.bauernzeitung.ch
Schweigl sees great potential for savings in bureaucracy and administration at EU level
TIROL. "A clear commitment to small-scale mountain farming is also a rejection of mass production abroad. Our Tyrolean farmers, but above all many consumers, have opted for this path and I cannot understand why this - our common - path is now to be suddenly destroyed at EU level," said Schweigl in an initial statement on the planned cuts in funding for agriculture and rural development by ten per cent, which were recently announced by EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger. Source: www.meinbezirk.at
Rockfall on bus during mowing work Land should pay for the damage
Magdeburg/Quedlinburg - The state of Saxony-Anhalt must pay a bus company compensation of €1,680.22 plus interest because a bus was damaged by a stone thrown up by a mowing machine. Source: www.mz-web.de/29713358 ©2018