SPD on agriculture

The SPD wants to preserve Brandenburg's mix of large and small, conventional and organic farms. Farmers are to get reliable conditions and less red tape, and the compensatory allowance for disadvantaged areas is to stay.

The SPD wants to keep large and small farms. That goes for organic farms and other farms. Farmers should have less paperwork. A payment for farms in difficult areas should stay.

For EU farm funding from 2027 on, the SPD wants to stand up for the interests of Brandenburg's farms. Land consolidation is to be developed further and responsibility for the food industry is to be bundled more tightly. Farming should supply Berlin and Brandenburg with food, and regional supply chains should be used better, including in organic farming. For pesticides, the program calls for uniform European rules instead of differing national ones. Research and plant breeding in the state are to be kept and put to use.

The SPD wants more livestock to be kept in Brandenburg again because it sees animal farming as fundamental to value creation in rural areas. A focus is to be on grazing animals.

The SPD wants more animals on farms again. It says animal farming brings money and work to the countryside. Animals on pasture matter most to it. It also wants to do more against animal diseases.

The program justifies the goal with the economic importance of animal farming for rural regions. Keeping animals on pasture is to get particular support. At the same time, prevention of animal diseases and epidemics is to be stepped up. As a reason, the program cites the more frequent outbreaks of African swine fever and bird flu.