According to estimates of the national veterinary association 180,000 pregnant cows are killed every year in Germany. The government now wants to ban this practice.
Lady Gaga has taken home the top prize from the German Holstein Show in Oldenburg, making her the closest thing to a "Miss Germany" in the bovine world.
Sheep farmers in a panic in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) over the wolf population can now get themselves a "herd protection set" from the the local government.
The widow of a farmer killed by one of his bulls earlier this month is suing an animal rights group that used an image of her deceased husband for slandering the memory of the dead, it was reported on Wednesday.
Local authorities in Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, brought in hunters to gun down 21 cows after they left a trail of destruction across the countryside.
The EU Commission wants to regulate where cows can lay their pies in the name of protecting ground water, but Bavarian farmers say that the new rules stink.
German consumers will now pay less for butter after Aldi has dropped the price to 85 cents, but dairy farmers feel the country's leading grocer is taking advantage of the crisis to squeeze prices.
As more Germans seek respite from urban life in garden allotments, rows over noise, litter and use are shattering the tranquility of the 'green islands', sometimes with tragic results. As one murder trial begins in Trier on Thursday, The Local looks at the lush and not-so idyllic battleground of the allotment culture.
Germany's agriculture minister warned on Tuesday that European farmers hit by a Russian food import ban would not receive full compensation, ahead of talks with his French and Polish counterparts.
German scientists tackling one of the less appetising problems in modern agriculture reckon that cow burps and farts could become less damaging for the ozone layer if their dinner is more maize than grass.
The fallout of a child porn scandal which has led to the resignation of one minister and an MP has led to a “crisis” in relations within Germany’s coalition government.
Land prices in eastern Germany are rising at dizzying rates and farmers feel they are being squeezed out by foreign investors in a phenomenon known as "land grabbing".
Farmers in western Germany are milking their online success with videos documenting the daily lives of those in the dairy industry attracting more than 145,000 hits.
German shepherds are calling for sheepdog subsidies to help them protect their flocks from wolves which are steadily reclaiming ancient territories - and treating themselves to lamb suppers.
Day-old male chicks, generally destined for the shredder as industrial agriculture has no use for them, have been given a reprieve in North-Rhine Westphalia - the state has passed a decree banning their destruction.
Peppers are almost 50 percent more expensive in Germany than they were a year ago – an indicator of the country's steep food inflation rate. Economists are blaming this year's unusually bad weather.
As the harvest nears, the employees of German farmer Klaus MĂĽnchhoff are busy making the final checks on imposing tractors ready to roll into the golden fields.
Porsche drivers do not generally have mud under their fingernails or ruddy complexions - but this month a special breed of the aficionados mark a 50th anniversary. It was half a century ago that the last Porsche tractor was made.
A late harvest and cold, wet, spring have pushed up the price of potatoes – Germany's favourite carbohydrate – by at least third since last year, it emerged on Thursday.
Pesticides may kill off water insects and other small aquatic life by as much as 42 percent, according to an analysis of German, French and Australian rivers and streams, published on Monday.
