Agriculture: "Damage like never before": How the dry summer is destroying the business of German farmers
Corn and soybeans are drying out, feed is becoming scarce: The drought is hitting farmers in southern Germany particularly hard. How the industry wants to prepare for the new climate.
Klaus Dorner, the regional chairman of the Badischer Landwirtschaftlicher Hauptverband (BLHV), reports that up to a third of farms in the southern Baden Rhine plain are expecting total crop failures for maize and soybeans due to the heatwave. Many farms will also experience significant yield losses. The German Farmers' Association expects a below-average grain harvest nationwide, particularly in southern and western Germany, with yields down by around 9% compared to the previous year.
The German government has declared a national crisis and plans to provide €1 billion in aid to affected farms.
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