Overview

• Landtag president Thadäus König urged greater appreciation for regionally produced food and asked consumers to buy local products to strengthen farm livelihoods.
• König praised farmers for supplying high-quality food each day and for their contribution to maintaining the cultural landscape.
• The Landeserntedankfest in Bad Frankenhausen gathered politicians, church leaders and the farmers' association for services and a regional producers' market, with traditional harvest crowns expected to be presented.
• Agriculture Minister Colette Boos-John reported an above-average harvest, citing grain yields about 7% above the long-term average, winter rapeseed up roughly 3%, and apples and cherries up by about one third.
• Boos-John reiterated plans to cut red tape for farms and supported creating a tax-free risk equalization reserve, following an agriculture ministers' call for federal tax rules to enable it.