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A farmer drives his tractor through Freiburg before a demonstration.
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Shortly before Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit, hundreds of farmers are on a rally to Freiburg with their tractors.
The police spoke of a calm situation on Tuesday morning.
“The vehicles will park at Mundenhof.
Then the farmers walk to the meeting place,” said a police spokesman.
The 38 hectare animal enclosure is located beyond the planned new development area.
Freiburg - Scholz (SPD) was expected to turn the ground for the large new development area.
The protest signs that were attached to many tractors read: “If the farmer is ruined, your food will be imported!” and “It's not just about diesel.
It’s about all of our futures.”
Markus Ehret, a farmer from Freiburg-St.Georgen, said: “We want to be heard, we want to be seen, we hope for a rethink.
It remains to be seen whether such a protest will have any effect.”
The Baden Agricultural Association (BLHV) announced that a delegation of farmers wanted to exchange ideas with the Chancellor.
He organized the rally in Freiburg and registered a meeting with around 500 tractors.
Farmers in Germany have been protesting against the federal government's policies for weeks.
The focus is primarily on the planned subsidy cuts for agricultural diesel.
On Ash Wednesday, a protest in Biberach an der Riß got so bad that the Greens canceled their political Ash Wednesday event at short notice.
Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir and the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann (both Greens) were expected there, among others.
dpa