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Erfurt (dpa / th) - Thuringian farmers protested against the nature conservation law planned by the federal government with erected rubber boots and green crosses.
On Friday before the meeting of the Thuringian state parliament in the arena at Erfurt's Steigerwald Stadium, they called for the proposed law to be stopped.
Among other things, it provides for stricter rules for the use of plant protection products and the expansion of protected areas.
According to the Thuringian Farmers' Association, around 50 farmers took part in the protest.
The law would mean that around 85,000 hectares of arable land and grassland could no longer be used economically, criticized the spokesman for the Thuringian farmers' association, Axel Horn.
That applies to the cultivation of grain as well as rapeseed and sugar beet.
With the plans to introduce a ban on pest and weed control agents as well as insecticides in Natura 2000 protected areas, numerous agricultural businesses in the Free State are facing economic failure.
State Secretary for Agriculture Torsten Weil said on Twitter that farmers' concerns are being taken seriously.
The Free State will also behave accordingly in the Federal Council if the law reaches the regional chamber.
It is about a good balance between agriculture and nature conservation.
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The federal ministries for the environment and agar are in dispute over the planned law.
The draft could be on the agenda in the federal cabinet next Wednesday.
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