Crop Industry News: Germany
01 October 2013

GERMANY - Following the example of the German Agricultural Society’s Field Days (DLG) in Germany the trade fair organisers IFWexpo Heidelberg GmbH and Expo-Volga are organising the “International...
12 September 2013

GERMANY - An airborne camera capable of photographing the condition of certain crops over many acres of land could provide agriculturalists with the information they need to improve production....
04 September 2013

GERMANY - The 2013 autumn harvest for many crops is predicted to be better than expected....
04 July 2013

GERMANY - The European Commission (EC) has cleared €600 million in German compensation aid after flood damage to the country's agricultural sector....
06 June 2013

GERMANY - DLG (German Agricultural Society) reports that 2,200 exhibitors from 46 countries have already registered for the international exhibition of agricultural machinery and equipment, Agritechnica,...

GERMANY - German exports of agricultural goods and food rose by 8.1 per cent to €15.4 billion in the first quarter of this year compared to last year. ...
30 May 2013

ANALYSIS - Germany loses about 3.3 per cent of its wheat crop each year because of pests, bad handling and poor storage, writes Chris Harris. ...
24 April 2013

GERMANY – Farmer confidence remains strong and has led to a rise in planned investments, according to a survey of economic and agricultural investment barometers....
25 January 2013

GERMANY - Now is the time for a greener revolution in agriculture, to increase the productivity of farming in a more sustainable and environmentally compatible way, said Bayer CropScience’s...
22 January 2013

GERMANY – Despite a gross domestic product of €160 billion and employing five million people the German agri-food industry still has much to achieve, this was the message of the German Farmers...
18 January 2013

GERMANY – A government initiative is trialing new regional labelling for five areas areas of the country in an attempt maximise a ‘regional renaissance’ that has been observed in consumer...
26 November 2012

GERMANY - Officials at the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture have announced the nation's agriculture and food export income has increased but volume of produce export has decreased....

GERMANY - German agricultural product and food exports rose by seven per cent in the period between January and August this year....
14 November 2012

GERMANY - China is changing the world in the soybean market according to the European president of the American Soybean Association, writes Chris Harris. ...
13 November 2012

GERMANY - Livestock farmers might have to join the options and futures markets for deed to counter rising prices, writes Chris Harris....
31 October 2012

GLOBAL – Liam Condon has been appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bayer CropScience subgroup and Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer CropScience effective December...
23 October 2012

GERMANY - State Secretary of the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Dr Robert Kloos, participated in a Russian-German Seed Seminar on 'Improving the competitiveness of the seed industry in Russia...
03 October 2012

GERMANY - The international event for the agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies for the professional livestock sector EuroTier received an extensive list of entries for its innovation...
25 September 2012

GERMANY - German bioethanol association BDBE has hit back at claims that rising bioethanol output is contributing to higher global food prices....
06 September 2012

GERMANY - The German grain harvest has been much better than initially predicted. Given the current tight grain market, this is good news for many areas of the world....
30 August 2012

GERMANY - Exports of agricultural and food products have increased in the first half of 2012....
22 August 2012

GERMANY - Dirk Niebel, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development has written to Helmut Lamp, Director of the German Bioenergy Association advising that the E10 blending mandate...
01 August 2012

GERMANY - Rainfall assures adequate grain-filling for cereals and partly compensates for the dry spring. Yield forecasts are revised up for winter cereals now at five years average level. Rapeseed...
17 July 2012

GERMANY - So far 2,100 exhibitors from 50 countries have signed up for EuroTier 2012. With 30 per cent more exhibition space, the show will be held in Hanover from 13 to 16 November 2012....
29 June 2012

GERMANY - Winter crops entered water demanding stages that can be satisfied in most regions due to the rain received with the exception north and east Germany. The drought is most accentuated...
15 June 2012

GERMANY – Wheat is the most widely grown crop and one of the world's most important staple foods. In order to develop new, high-quality wheat varieties against the backdrop of a growing world...
23 April 2012

GERMANY - The international EuroTier 2012 exhibition to be held in Hanover from 13 to 16 November is attracting more suppliers of machinery and equipment, farm inputs and animal breeding from...
13 February 2012

HANOVER, GERMANY - There are clear signs of exceptionally high exhibitor participation from home and abroad in the world's top event for animal husbandry, EuroTier, to be held in Hanover from...
18 January 2012

GERMANY - BASF announced this week that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America, where there is less resistance to the technology....
05 January 2012

GERMANY - With agricultural markets favourable in 2011, the German Farmers' Association (Deutcher Bauernverband - DBV) looks over 2011 and the outlook for 2012....