The US has asked its allies, including Germany, to send as many eggs as they can and that's despite the looming threat of escalating tariffs on European imports. But does Germany have its own egg problem?
Germany was on Monday taking steps to limit the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease, as the outbreak of the virus threatened to hit the country's agricultural exports.
Germany and Spain hailed the conclusion of a controversial free-trade deal between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc while France said the deal was still unacceptable and farmers' unions expressed dismay.
Ever since the bluetongue virus struck nearly a year ago, German farmer Ortrun Humpert has cared for sick sheep to contain a crisis and feels increasingly abandoned by authorities.
Asparagus farmers in Germany are expecting a good growing season this year. Here's everything you need to know about 'Spargelzeit' this year, including a few recipe ideas if you'd like to participate.
Polish farmers said Friday that they would block a key frontier road into Germany as part of a growing protest over European regulations and cheaper imports.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday recommended the bloc bury a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers.
The European Commission is due on Thursday to begin "strategic" talks with farmers' federations, agri-business firms, NGOs and experts on ways to assuage the ire on farms in several countries.
Every year the Germans seem to be driven wild by an unlikely hero: white asparagus. But this year, the cold and damp spring means customers have had to fork out a bit more to get their hands on some stalks of this ‘edible ivory’.
A German court ruled Thursday that Amazon must list the country or place of origin of fruit and vegetables it sells online,
throwing out an appeal by the e-commerce giant.
Germany is set to be the first country to ban
mass shredding of male chicks in the poultry industry, the government said
Wednesday after approving a draft law on the controversial practice.
Over the weekend China announced it was stopping all imports of pork from Germany. Jörg Luyken argues that family farms, which are already disappearing en masse, will be hit hardest.
The German government reached an agreement Thursday to allow urgently needed foreign seasonal workers to enter the country to help with fruit and vegetable harvests, after borders slammed shut
to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
The German government said it was barring
entry to seasonal workers from abroad from Wednesday to stem the coronavirus outbreak, potentially leaving farmers with a dire shortage of manpower to harvest crops.
It isn’t just the fashion or art industries which attract bloggers: more and more young people from the world of agriculture are getting involved in social media. They want to open up about issues such as farming and raising animals, which are often treated with suspicion.
Germany is to join forces with France to end mass shredding of male chicks at the EU level by the end of 2021, agriculture ministers Julia Klöckner and Didier Guillaume have said.
In a legal first, animal rights activists have asked Germany's top court to ban the practice of castrating young male pigs without anaesthetic -- with the piglets themselves listed as the plaintiffs.
A Berlin court on Thursday threw out a case brought by three farmers against Chancellor Angela Merkel's government over its failure to meet climate protection targets, hyped by campaigners as the first such legal challenge in Germany.
A Berlin court hears on Thursday a case brought by three farmers against Chancellor Angela Merkel's government over its failure to meet climate protection targets, the first such legal challenge
in Germany.
