What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on agriculture?

The AfD treats owner-run and family farms as the model for agriculture and wants to give them more entrepreneurial leeway instead of oversight. The nitrate monitoring network is to be made much larger and more representative so that fertilizer restrictions are less burdensome.

The AfD wants to support farms owned by families. Farmers should be freer to decide for themselves. There should be more places that measure nitrate. Nitrate is a substance from fertilizer in groundwater. This should mean fewer strict fertilizer rules for farmers.

The AfD wants to deliberately rebuild slaughter facilities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern so that animal transports become shorter. Higher animal welfare standards are to come only with economically workable transition periods and be reflected in the prices farmers receive.

The AfD wants more slaughterhouses in the state again. Then animals do not have to travel so far. Farmers should get time to switch to better barns. Farmers should get higher prices for that. The AfD rejects slaughter without stunning.

The AfD wants the state to be able to intervene in the farmland market through rights of first refusal in order to limit concentration among a few owners. Land is to go preferentially to farms from the region, and young farmers are to get more support.

Farmland should not belong to a few big owners. So the state should be allowed to buy land first. Land should go mainly to farmers from the area. Young farmers should get more help.

The AfD wants to help producers register regional specialties for the EU's origin labels. The state label "Natürlich aus MV" (Naturally from MV) is to become visible everywhere in retail. The rural bioeconomy is also to grow as an industry.

The AfD wants food from the region to be better known. Producers should get help applying for an EU label. The label protects the name from copies. The sign "Natürlich aus MV" should be seen in more stores.

The AfD commits to gillnet fishing in coastal waters and relies on research and cooperation with fishers rather than bans. State-owned waters are to be leased exclusively to fishers from the area.

The AfD wants to keep fishing in the state. Fishers should still be allowed to use gillnets. These are nets that stay fixed in the water. Only fishers from the area should lease the state's waters.

The Greens want to make farming more climate- and nature-friendly while giving farms income and planning security. The plan includes less red tape, investment aid for livestock farming and a significant expansion of organic farming. In the party's view, the transition should not come at the farms' expense.

The Greens want farming that is gentle on nature and the climate. Farmers should get money and help for this. Applications should become simpler and digital. There should be more organic farms. Young organic farmers should get start-up help.

The Greens want to preserve fishing in the state and above all back small artisanal operations. Catch limits are to follow science, spawning grounds are to be protected and gentle fishing methods promoted. The platform points to shrinking stocks, falling quotas and economic pressure.

The Greens want to keep small fishing businesses alive. There are fewer and fewer fish. Scientists should say how much fish may be caught. Fishers should get money for gentler fishing gear. They should also be able to earn money in other ways.

The Left wants collective wage agreements everywhere and reliable social protection for workers in farming, forestry and fishing. Seasonal workers, too, are to get a minimum wage above the poverty line and social insurance.

The Left wants better pay in farming. Union wage agreements should apply everywhere. Seasonal workers should also have social insurance. They should get a wage that protects them from poverty.

The Left wants to support regional processing and marketing of farm products and limit the market power of large retail and processing corporations. In the platform's view, regional supply chains secure local incomes and affordable food.

The Left wants to strengthen food from the region. Local businesses should process and sell it. Big corporations should have less power. Farmers should get fair prices.

The Left wants to extend organic farming to at least a quarter of farmland and significantly reduce pesticide use. Farms are to be paid for what they do for animal welfare and for climate, nature and environmental protection.

The Left wants more organic farming. At least a quarter of the fields should be organic. Farmers should use fewer pesticides. Those who protect nature and animals should get paid for it.

The Left wants an agricultural structure law against speculation in farmland and wants local and young farmers to get priority when land is allocated. Livestock farming is to be shifted to high standards in a socially acceptable way. According to the platform, land is a basis of life and not a commodity.

The Left wants to limit speculation in farmland. Speculation means buying land to sell it at a higher price. Local farmers and young farmers should get land first. Animals should be kept in better conditions.

The Left wants to preserve and further develop both commercial and recreational fishing in the state. Because ecological and economic conditions are changing, the program relies on sustainable use of waters and new prospects for fishers.

The Left wants to keep fishing alive in the state. This covers professional fishers and anglers. Fishers should get new ways to earn money. The waters should be protected while doing so.

The SPD wants to examine whether a farm structure law requiring approval for sales of farmland and farms would be useful. The background is its concern about land concentration and purchases by investors from outside agriculture.

Farmland is getting more expensive. Often companies buy it that are not farmers. The SPD wants to look into a new law. Selling farmland would then need a permit. This should keep the land with local farmers.

The SPD wants the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (GAP) to remain a separate policy area with its own budget. It rejects capping or gradually reducing direct payments for large farms, on the principle that every hectare should count the same.

The EU pays farmers money for their land. The SPD wants a separate pot of money for this to stay. The EU plans to pay big farms less per area. The SPD is against that. Every piece of land should get the same amount.

The SPD wants to focus farm subsidies on soil-friendly, precise cultivation to protect waters, soils and biodiversity. It also backs animal-welfare-friendly livestock keeping and wants to keep supporting organic farming in line with demand.

Farmers should be gentle on the soil. They should use fertilizer and pesticides precisely and sparingly. That protects water, soil and wildlife. The SPD also wants to keep supporting good animal care and organic farms.

The SPD wants to give more support to digitalization, artificial intelligence and other innovations in agriculture. Agricultural and environmental research in the state is to be secured and mid-sized plant breeders supported.

Farmers should use modern technology. For example robots and computer programs. That way they can harvest more and protect nature. The SPD also wants to keep farm research in the state.

The SPD commits to livestock farming that is tied to available land, compatible with the region and appropriate to the animals. New and converted barns for better animal welfare are to keep receiving support. To fight bird flu, the party wants to press the federal government for new vaccines.

The SPD wants farm animals to be kept well. Farmers should keep getting money for better barns. Diseases like bird flu are hard on animal keepers. The SPD wants new vaccines against bird flu.

The SPD wants to preserve coastal and inland fishing as a defining part of the state. The remaining coastal fishers are to get help with infrastructure and new fishing gear, and training for the profession is to be secured. Damage caused by protected species such as seals and cormorants is to be compensated.

The SPD wants to keep fishing alive in the state. Fishers on the coast should get help. For example, for new nets that catch fewer unwanted animals. Seals and cormorants cause damage for fishers. Fishers should get money to make up for that.