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Green Week: Animal-friendly food costs more

Society: 19 Jan 12
The biggest agriculture show in the world opens in Berlin on Friday, with the dominant message being: Animal-friendly agriculture is possible, but it costs extra. READ »

Farmers angry over minister’s animal protection plan

National: 10 Feb 11
Germany’s farmers have expressed outrage over Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner’s planned animal protection legislation, saying her suggestions imply they don’t care about the issue. READ »

Cost of groceries to keep climbing

Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
German shoppers face higher grocery bills with the price of food climbing faster than the general cost of living, government figures released Thursday revealed. Farmers are warning that the trend is likely to continue. READ »

Dioxin farm scandal spreads to UK

National: 6 Jan 11
Germany's dioxin animal feed scandal has spread to Britain, where authorities are hunting for processed food made from tainted eggs, the European Commission said Thursday. READ »

Biofuels give German brewers a hangover

National: 3 Dec 10
As lucrative biofuel crops crowd out barley acreage in Germany, brewers say the drive for alternative energy sources will force them to raise the price of beer next year. Alexander Bakst reports. READ »

Poultry farmers launch attempt to clean up image

Society: 16 Oct 10
German poultry farmers are launching an image campaign to counter increasing opposition to the methods they use to produce the average 18.6 kilos of poultry each German eats per year. READ »

Farmers fear for crops as summer heat continues

National: 9 Jul 10
This summer’s hot and dry weather has German farmers fearing for the health of their harvest, president of the National Union of Farmers (DBV) said on Friday. READ »

Chicken shortage forces Easter bunny to import eggs

Society: 30 Mar 10
A new ban on battery cages for poultry in Germany may mean happier chickens, but it will also force the country to import up to half of its Easter eggs this year. READ »

Berlin's Green Week begins amid GM controversy

Society: 15 Jan 10
German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday opened the the 75th International Green Week food and farming trade fair amid protests against genetically modified crops. READ »

Aldi price hike gives hope to dairy farmers

Business & Money: 1 Oct 09
Discount grocery chain Aldi has decided to raise its price for butter, giving hope to struggling German dairy farmers ahead of their meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, foodstuffs magazine Lebensmittelzeitung reported on Wednesday. READ »

One tonne of fish dead after dairy farmer protest

National: 21 Sep 09
Dairy farmers who dumped truckloads of milk in protest of EU policies last week in Saxony-Anhalt are now under investigation after more than a tonne of fish died in a nearby pond over the weekend, police told The Local on Monday. READ »

Dairy farmers flood fields with milk to protest of low prices

Business & Money: 17 Sep 09
Angry dairy farmers poured more than 100,000 litres of milk on streets and fields across Germany on Thursday to protest market prices they say are too low. READ »

Steinmeier unveils his campaign war team

Politics: 30 Jul 09
Hoping to shake off the recent scandal over Health Minister Ulla Schmidt’s stolen limousine, SPD candidate for chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday unveiled his election team, in which women outnumber men. READ »

Angry dairy farmers to get tax relief

National: 25 May 09
The German government on Monday agreed to dairy farmers’ demands for tax breaks to help farms hit by falling milk prices as some 6,000 protestors marched on Berlin with tractors and banners. READ »

Dairy farms under threat as milk prices slide

Business & Money: 24 May 09
The vice president of the National Union of Farmers (DBV), Udo Folgart, warned on Sunday that a fifth of all diary farms in Germany are threatened with closure on account of tumbling milk prices. READ »

Milk price row moves Merkel to meet farmers

National: 22 May 09
After refusing to speak to hunger-striking milk-maids camped out outside her office last week, Chancellor Angela Merkel has decided to address the issue of low milk prices after all. READ »

Farmers demand swine flu name change

National: 30 Apr 09
German farmers urged officials on Thursday to change the name of swine flu out of fears it will encourage consumers to shun pork products. READ »

German dairy farmers ask for EU aid

Business & Money: 30 Jun 08
German farmers have asked for EU aid in the face of rising production costs at an agricultural gathering in Berlin on Monday. READ »

Dairy leader calls for end to German milk strike

National: 5 Jun 08
The president of the German dairy farmer's federation (BDM) has called for members to cease their 10-day milk delivery strike over price disputes with retailers and dairy producers. READ »

German dairies demand nationwide price hike

Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
The German farmers' union demanded on Thursday that all retailers follow the example of Lidl discount retailer and hike milk prices following a week-long delivery strike by dairy farms. READ »

Milk strike damages estimated at €50 mln

Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
Creameries affected by the milk delivery strike by dairy farmers in the last week have suffered millions of euros in damages, according the German daily Bild on Wednesday. READ »

Milk supplies drying up amid German price row

National: 3 Jun 08
Stores in Germany could see the first supply shortages of milk by as early as Tuesday amid the escalating dairy farmer delivery boycott over low milk prices. READ »

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