Overview
- The four-day agricultural and consumer fair features 584 exhibitors in Rendsburg and is expected to draw about 70,000 visitors, with the 34th Landestierschau showing several hundred animals.
- Klaus-Peter Lucht of the Schleswig-Holstein farmers’ association lauded farmers’ innovation in climate protection, sustainability and animal welfare and urged the state to deliver further relief and closer political dialogue.
- Minister-President Daniel Günther called for more trust in farmers, a stronger focus on voluntary agreements such as those used for Baltic Sea protection, fewer documentation duties and digital recording where needed.
- At the Landesbauerntag held at the fair, Lucht pressed for a relief package by Christmas, including scrapping the rule that bans slurry spreading on frozen ground, enabling voluntary land swaps for moor protection, curbing geese and wolf populations and creating a single digital portal for oversight.
- State Agriculture Minister Werner Schwarz said recent protests prompted EU, federal and state initiatives to speed procedures and improve business conditions, and he commissioned a study on livestock challenges while a joint group works on ongoing simplifications.