What do the parties in Saarland say on agriculture?

The AfD wants to stop requirements under the fertilizer ordinance and mandatory buffer strips along waterways, which it calls a creeping expropriation of farmers. EU direct payments should stay, and farms should be compensated for government-ordered climate and environmental measures. Regional products should be easier to market.

The AfD wants to help family farms. It wants to stop some environmental rules for farmers. One example is rules on fertilizer. Farmers should keep getting money from the EU. They should get paid back for costs from environmental rules.

The AfD wants to make slaughtering within the region easier and support small slaughterhouses. This is meant to further reduce animal transports and improve compliance with animal welfare rules.

The AfD wants animals to be slaughtered close to the farm. For that, the region should have small slaughterhouses. Then animals do not have to travel far. This should help animal welfare.

The AfD wants the state government to raise the share of organic farming in Saarland to at least half. Large agricultural operations that, according to the platform, depend on synthetic fertilizer and pesticides should be pushed back in favor of organic farming.

The AfD wants more organic farming in Saarland. At least half of farming should be organic. The state government should make this happen. Big factory farms should become fewer.

The CDU wants to push at federal level for farmers to be paid through certificates for storing CO2 in the soil. In Saarland, an advisory office is to help farms cope with climate change.

Soil can store the gas CO2. The CDU wants farmers to get money for that. There should also be an advice office. It helps farmers deal with hot and dry summers.

The CDU wants Saarland's cafeterias to use regionally produced food as exclusively as possible. It also wants to strengthen nutrition and consumer education, especially in schools.

The CDU wants more food from the region. Cafeterias should use local food as much as they can. Rest stops should have vending machines with products from farmers. Children should learn more about healthy eating at school.

The CDU backs family-run farms, whether conventional or organic, and wants a much higher compensation payment for naturally disadvantaged land. Funding for organic farming is to be kept or expanded depending on demand.

The CDU wants to strengthen family farms. It does not matter if they are organic or not. Almost all fields in Saarland are hard to farm. Farmers should get more compensation for that. Valuable meadows should stay.

The SPD wants to strengthen villages with more funding, an additional LEADER region and digital infrastructure. The sharply higher funds available from 2023 are to be drawn down in full, with the state raising its own share to do so.

Almost half of the people in Saarland live in rural areas. The SPD wants to support villages more. There will be more money for local projects. Meeting places and shared offices will be set up. Volunteer work will be strengthened.

The SPD wants to raise the share of organically farmed land to 30 percent by 2030. Farmers are to receive higher premiums and a larger compensatory allowance; the platform treats conventional and organic farms as equals.

The SPD wants more organic farming. By 2030, it should cover 30 percent of farmland. Farmers will get more money. Farms on poor land will get more help too. The SPD supports hunting and fishing.