Joachim Rukwied: “Drink more German wine” – Farmers’ President warns of a “disastrous” state of affairs for winegrowers and farmers | EUROtoday

J Joachim Rukwied, the President of the German Farmers’ Association, has known as on shoppers to purchase native wines in view of what he calls the most important disaster in German winemaking in a long time. “Due to the poor market situation, we assume that we will lose a significant amount of vineyard space,” Rukwied informed the “Rheinische Post” in accordance with the preliminary report. He appealed to shoppers: “Drink more German wine. We offer qualities that can easily compete with wines from France, Spain or Italy.”

Overall, the market state of affairs in lots of areas of agriculture isn’t passable and “sometimes even disastrous,” Rukwied continued. The prices of inputs and vitality rose, whereas the costs of agricultural merchandise fell. A coverage change is subsequently overdue. Above all, the farmers’ president known as for reduction in forms: “I’m not asking for a chainsaw, but a lawn mower is needed so that some progress can finally be made in reducing bureaucracy.”