CDU on agriculture

The CDU rejects blanket rules and mandated land set-asides in farming and forestry and relies on voluntary measures instead. In the program's view, food and supply security should once again take priority over nature conservation concerns.

Farmers and foresters should decide more freely. The state should not order them to leave fields unused. Local food matters more to the CDU than some nature rules. Farmers should pay less tax.

Where state rules restrict land use, those affected should be involved and fairly compensated. Brandenburg should not go beyond EU requirements with stricter rules of its own. Funding applications should be digitized and simplified. In the Bundesrat, the CDU wants tax relief for farms, such as a tax-free risk reserve and more generous depreciation rules.

The CDU wants a competitive farming sector in Brandenburg with investment security and fewer requirements. Livestock farming is to stay at least at today's level, and the party rejects fixed organic food quotas and new nature reserves.

Farmers in Brandenburg should be able to do good business. They should be able to rely on their investments. There should be as many farm animals as today, or more. The CDU does not want a fixed quota for organic food. There should be no new nature reserves.

Article 43 of the state constitution is to be amended to include state support for food supply. Young farmers, regional marketing, smart farming, and research with farmers are to be promoted. Investments are to be protected over their full depreciation period, and dairy farms are to be recognized as energy-intensive. The CDU rejects shifting the burden of proof onto farmers and rigid organic quotas, wants no new nature or wilderness areas, and considers responsible pesticide use good professional practice. Permits for hazard prevention, such as frost irrigation, are to be simplified even in protected areas.