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...
Germany
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...
Beef
Germany proposes to ban sending heavily pregnant cows to slaughter
Germany has submitted a proposal to the European Commission to ban sending heavily pregnant cows to slaughter amid animal welfare...
Agri-Business
CAP payments could be cut in wake of Brexit - Merkel's No 2 says
German’s Vice Chancellor has called into question the future of farmers CAP payments from the EU. Sigmar Gabriel, who is...
Dairy
Lidl to list GMO-free dairy products in its German stores
Lidl is to introduce several GMO-free dairy products in its German stores this year, with GMO-free milk being listed from...
Arable
Has Germany put the kibosh on next week's EU glyphosate vote?
Germany looks set to abstain in an EU vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers,...
EU
Commission takes Germany to court over nitrates causing water pollution
Germany has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to take stronger measures to combat water...
Rural Life
Video: Meet the cow trained to jump like a horse
A 15-year-old girl in Germany has trained her cow to jump like a horse, after her parents told her she couldn’t...
Pig/Poultry
13,000 birds culled in Germany as bird flu strikes
Over 13,000 birds have been culled in Bayern, Germany following a case of bird flu in the country, according to...
Agri-Business
Germany moves to ban GM crops - follows Scotland's lead
The German minister for agriculture Christian Schmidt has signalled that he wants to push ahead with plans to ban the...
Dairy
'German milk prices cover less than 70% of costs'
The average production costs in January 2015 in Germany were 45.64c/kg milk, according to the European Milk Board (EMB), which...
Agri-Business
Dan Kelly’s Cider to quench German thirst
Dan Kelly’s Cider – which is produced by Boyne Grove Fruit Farm in Northern Ireland – is now hitting the...
