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Companies and farmers require market information for their short- and long-term planning. Data on market balances and developments in agricultural markets serve as one important background information for investment decisions. Where this information is missing, market partners have to rely on…

In 2013 the farmers’ share of consumers’ expenditure on food in Germany increased in comparison to previous years. A quarter of these expenditures accrue to farmers with the remainder going to food processing and food marketing activities.

The free trade agreement between the EU and the USA (TTIP) is highly controversial. What are the consequences for European farmers, if tariffs will be reduced and production standards would be adapted?

Food from animals fed with GMO feed has not to be labelled yet. The governing parties in Germany intend to expand the labelling requirements to these products.

The reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, new trade agreements, global trends: How may these factors influence the German agriculture? A newly released study of the Thünen Institute models various data and gives a projection of the expected trends within the next 20 years. The Thünen Baseline…