BSW on agriculture

The BSW wants farm policy to be more national and regional in focus and to protect domestic producers from cheap imports. Farmers should get stable prices, for example through statutory minimum producer prices. The party rejects the Mercosur agreement.

The BSW wants to protect farmers in Germany. Cheap food from abroad should not push them out. Farmers could get fixed minimum prices. The BSW rejects the trade deal with South America.

In the platform's view, agriculture first serves to feed the country itself. The scrapped tax break on agricultural diesel would be restored. The BSW wants to limit the market power of corporations in processing and retail. Regional supply chains with short routes are meant to keep small and mid-sized dairies, slaughterhouses and shops in rural areas. The party also calls for affordable land for farming and forestry.

The BSW wants environmental requirements to be set only together with farmers and with transition periods. Farmland should take priority and not be displaced by solar installations. An insurance scheme co-funded by the federal government would help against extreme weather.

The BSW wants to make environmental rules together with farmers. Farmers should get time to adapt. Fields should stay fields. The federal government should help pay for insurance against weather damage.

According to the platform, the goal is gentle farming methods that endanger neither food supply nor farm profitability; the BSW rejects labeling the sector a "climate killer." Forests, grassland and moors are to be preserved through careful use. Planned are a nationwide multi-peril insurance and a tax-free risk reserve for farms. Small and mid-sized fishing businesses should be kept. The party also wants to strengthen disaster protection, provide money for dikes and dams, and replant forests with more resilient tree species.