Agriculture in distress: Does the farmers' association have a conflict of interest?. In Germany, 60 percent of agricultural land is leased land.
New laws are intended to put an end to this trend. But the farmers’ association rejects these laws. In all three eastern German states where the laws are currently on the table, they are being fought by the local farmers' associations. And as long as the CDU will not wave it through, the debate has become evident at the beginning of the debate.