In the BZ interview, Martin Linser, chairman of the BLHV district association in Freiburg, talks about the consequences of the Ukraine crisis and the difficulties faced by companies with rising production costs.
Can local farmers compensate for the fact that no more grain comes from the war-torn Ukraine by growing more? Andrea Drescher asked Martin Linser, chairman of the Freiburg district association of the Baden Agricultural Association (BLHV).
BZ: There is currently a great deal of concern that grain will also become scarce in Germany and that the prices for flour and bread could continue to rise. Do you share the concern?
Linser: If you look at the numbers, Germany doesn’t have enough grain. But what is meant by this is the complete grain. We have always had a shortage of durum wheat, for example for pasta, but there was usually enough wheat for bread. But it can get tight. The current price increases for bread and flour have less to do with the price of wheat than with the increased energy and …
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