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SCANDAL: Farmers in the Rems-Murr district are fighting extreme crop losses!
Find out how weather extremes will affect agriculture in Welzheim in 2025 and what challenges farmers will have to overcome.
SCANDAL: Farmers in the Rems-Murr district are fighting extreme crop losses!
The first rays of sun hit the fields in the Rems-Murr district, but behind this idyllic backdrop, disaster threatens! The news is SENSATIONAL: The grain harvest has begun, but farmers are in a desperate race against nature! [zvw.de]. Humidity and drought, fungal infestation and incessant extreme weather events – it's pure chaos in the field!
While the winter barley is already being harvested, the farmers' desperation becomes palpable! The shattering effects of climate change are bringing farmers to their knees. How long can the agricultural system withstand this brutal weather? Extreme weather strikes mercilessly, causing unprecedented crop failures! And that's not all! In the far north of Germany, agriculture in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is fighting an equally desperate battle. deutschlandfunk.de reports that the farmers had to bring forward their corn harvest! The harvest season normally begins at the end of September, but the plants - a measly two meters instead of the usual four - have dried up and are ruining the existence of many businesses.
The beginning of the end?
The harvest is called an emergency harvest because it is by no means certain whether the plants will still bear enough fruit. Things are getting tricky for many businesses: there is a threat of feed shortages and hope is dwindling. A look at the Brunow agricultural cooperative shows the catastrophic extent of the crisis: only 20% of the usual amount of silage for cattle feed was harvested! It is a financial nightmare for farmers who are forced to buy feed at high prices!
Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner is confronted with one of the biggest agricultural crises in years. It promises support, but how much will actually help? In a year where harvests have been delayed by months of continuous rain, food security is at stake! And this is just the beginning: catastrophic heat waves are just around the corner, and the German Weather Service is warning of a dramatic increase in temperatures by 2050!
The TOP 3 MOST SHOCKING facts!
- Ernteverlust von bis zu 30% in vielen Regionen laut deutschlandfunk.de.
- 531 Millionen Euro Gesamtschaden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Die Landwirtschaft ruft nach Soforthilfe!
- Klimawandel als Auslöser für vermehrte Extremwetterereignisse – eine unhaltbare Situation, die unsere Nahrungsmittelproduktion in Frage stellt!
And as if that wasn't enough, scientific studies show that climate change is endangering European agriculture to an extent previously unimaginable! Agriculture must urgently address heat-resistant varieties and sustainable practices to survive the systemic crisis. This is the shocking result of several studies that must certainly not come to nothing! bpb.de
The clock is ticking and the time for solutions may soon be running out. It is an unstoppable path to a drastic change in agriculture that will affect us all! Hold on tight because the next crop disaster could be just around the corner!