According to the ministry, Bavaria wants to use the support to mitigate weather-related yield losses. “The offers currently on the market for the insurance of agricultural crops against weather risks are still relatively new and are often not economically viable for the farms.”
Night frosts have caused enormous damage to wine and fruit growers in recent years. In mid-May 2020, more than half of the acreage in Franconia’s vineyards was affected. According to Steinmann, some winegrowers lost up to 80 percent. “The frost hit us more than Corona.”
Records from the State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG) since 1968 have confirmed that the vines were growing earlier and earlier. Late frosts affect the then well-developed plants – up to a total failure.
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