Lower Saxony's Agriculture Minister Barbara Otte-Kinast rejects demands for an exit bonus for pig farmers.
“As a state, to say:“ Here you have a few euros and now close the stable doors ”is the wrong way to go.
We also need animal husbandry in the future, ”said the CDU politician of the“ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung ”on Monday.
“A future bonus instead of a scrapping bonus seems to me to be a suitable way of thinking ahead.
Osnabrück / Hanover - So money for the companies that want to continue. "
In view of the low pig prices, many farms see their very existence threatened.
The demand for a shutdown bonus had therefore come from farmers' associations.
Otte-Kinast said that despite the economic problems, animal husbandry had to be further improved.
The conversion of animal husbandry should be a priority for the future federal government.
dpa