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DBV sounds alarm after drought damage
The Deutschen Bauernverbands (DBV) sounds the alarm. The reason for this is the damage to crops due to the drought. In some parts of the country this increases to 50% to 60%. In extreme cases, grain parcels no longer need to be harvested at all. Chairman Joachim Rukwied argues for financial compensation.
Farmers in the north and east of Germany are dealing with an enormous drought. The grain harvest estimates the farmer's representative DBV at 50% to 60%. In the worst case, there is no need to harvest at all; this happens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. The grain is chopped here for biogas installations. It is not worth the effort to combine it, for there is no grain in the ears.
Deferred lease payment
DBV chairman Joachim Ruckwied pleads for financial support for the affected companies; for example by not levying taxes or by deferring payments. In East Germany, the BVVG land bank has now announced that lease can be postponed from 1 July.
The differences in the country are large. It is also very dry in northern Germany and northern Bavaria. However, in the west, southwest and extreme south, a lot of precipitation fell during June. There, companies mainly have to deal with excessive precipitation, storm and hail damage.
Forage
Cereal crops are severely affected by drought. A lower yield (-30%) is also estimated for rapeseed and maize. Livestock farmers have major problems with forage harvesting. A second cut of grass can hardly be won.
Niels van der Boom
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