New regulations on crop rotation in Germany from 2025

08/02/2024 | 11:37:00 | ID: 39802 | Department: Agriculture | Agricultural policy Munich, Germany (agrar-PR) - Agriculture Minister Kaniber: Planning security for Bavaria's agricultural businesses Bavaria's farmers can now plan their upcoming crops on a reliable basis. "It was an important step for our farmers that the federal government was finally able to agree on a compromise with the European Commission on crop rotation. From next year, the regulations for the annual change of the main crop will only apply to one third of a farm's arable land and not to two thirds as before," said Bavaria's Agriculture Minister Michaela Kaniber. The compromise that has now been found essentially provides that at least two different main crops must be grown on each field over a period of three years. Every year, at least 33 percent of a farm's arable land must now be changed to the main crop compared to the previous year, or, if the main crop remains the same, a winter catch crop must be grown ...