State Farmers' President Torsten Krawczyk expects prices for dairy products such as butter to remain high and is calling for better conditions for livestock farming in Saxony. "Prices will remain high," he said in Limbach-Oberfrohna (Zwickau district). In recent years, milk production had fallen more sharply than consumption. This has created a shortage situation with a corresponding impact on prices. In addition, there are problems with animal diseases such as bluetongue, which affects other federal states more than Saxony.
"We want to venture a little more animal again," said Krawczyk. He added that it was already a success to stop the further reduction in livestock farming. Last year, the State Statistical Office reported the lowest number of pigs and cattle since 1992.
Saxony has a far lower animal density than other regions in Germany and therefore still has potential, emphasized the farmer functionary. In order to achieve a turnaround, regional processing and marketing must be further developed and hurdles and bureaucracy for livestock farmers must be reduced. Currently, for example, pigs from Saxony are often transported across the state border to be returned as schnitzel.
