Overview
- Igneo Infrastructure Partners has acquired Deutsche Agrar Holding, gaining control of more than 20,000 hectares in eastern Germany.
- Die Linke in Saxony-Anhalt warns of land concentration, shifting market power, and potential profit outflows abroad.
- The Magdeburg Agriculture Ministry states the deal has produced no concentration of agricultural land and no structural impact, citing its response to a parliamentary query.
- The farmers’ group Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft voices concern about pressure on smaller farms and a loss of regional value creation.
- DAH says existing lease agreements remain unchanged and notes many lessors are local private individuals, with the takeover first disclosed in November 2023.