Crop failures: drought, heat, crop failures - how crisis-proof is our food supply?
Heat and drought are sometimes leading to significant crop failures, and German farmers are sounding the alarm. But just how serious the situation really is, experts have different views on this.
German farmer Christian Theisen is struggling with the extreme heat and drought in the Eifel region, which has severely impacted his crop yields. He expects to lose over 80 percent of his maize fodder and his grasslands are also dried out. The German Farmers' Association has reported significant yield losses across various agricultural products, including a 7 percent loss in all grain types and a 9 percent loss in wheat.
The association's president, Joachim Rukwied, warns that some farmers are having to use their life insurance policies as collateral for loans to finance the next harvest.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
