Machinery
Machinery Focus: Watch – German family farm supplying heat to Lemken
Jens Engelken is an agricultural engineer by training and now runs the family home with his wife Stephanie and their...
Germany
Machinery
Watch: Latest machinery at Agritechnica 2023
Agritechnica is back, Europe’s largest agricultural trade fair is once again taking place in Hanover, Germany, and the trade, as...
Agri-Business
Green fertiliser to decarbonise cereal cultivation in Germany
A co-operation agreement aimed at decrabonising cereal cultivation in Germany through the use of green fertiliser has been signed between...
Agri-Business
German meat production falls by 5.9% in first half of 2023
Meat production in Germany has declined by 5.9% in the first half of 2023, compared to last year, according to...
Agri-Business
German meat consumption in 2022 was lowest on record
Preliminary information from the Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL) in Germany shows that the long-term trend towards lower meat...
Agri-Business
Arla officially opens €190m German dairy plant expansion
Arla Foods has officially opened a €190 million expansion of its dairy production facility in Germany in a bid to...
Agri-Business
German federal minister suggests cut in biofuels to enhance food security
A proposal made by a German federal minister suggests that global food-supply shortages could be eliminated by limiting the domestic...
World News
Sales of German meat increase across the EU after Asian ban
German meat producers have seen an increase in sales to EU countries after Asian countries banned German imports after outbreaks...
Agri-Business
3 more cases of African swine fever in German wild boars
Three more cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in wild boars in Germany. According to Reuters, the...
World News
China bans German pork imports after African swine fever case
China has said it will ban any imports of German pork after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was...
Rural Life
Over 1,000 employees in German meat plant test positive for Covid-19
Germany’s Covid-19 transmission rate has risen sharply following outbreaks in meat processing plants among other areas, according to health authorities...
Rural Life
German farmers take to roads in extensive tractor protests
German farmers are the latest primary producers to take to the roads in protest in a number of locations around...
Rural Life
World War II bomb explodes in field – leaving 10m crater
A crater left by a World War II bomb was discovered in a field in Germany on Sunday evening, June...
Rural Life
Cows die on German farm following overnight release
Four cows have died with up to 40 others in severe difficulty on an organic dairy farm in Germany, due...
Machinery
Pics: A new Deutz-Fahr tractor off the line every 12 minutes
After three years of planning and construction, the new Deutz-Fahr tractor factory – the so-called ‘Deutz-Fahr Land’ – is now producing...
Machinery
Claas to build new €15 million machinery test centre
Machinery giant Claas will build a major new equipment test centre at its base in Harsewinkel, Germany. The new facility will “significantly...
Machinery
Chart: Fendt holds 4 of the 5 top positions in German tractor rankings
Registration statistics in Germany, for 2016, show that four Fendt tractor models are among the top-five models (of all brands)...
Dairy
Dairy cow numbers falling in Germany
Dairy cattle numbers in Germany are dropping, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has reported. The...
