In view of the coronary pandemic, German agricultural trading companies want to do everything possible to ensure that trading floors are open and operational.
Rainer Schuler, president of the Federal Agricultural Trade Association, said: “We are convinced that agricultural trading companies are part of the“ critical infrastructure ”. To ensure that the value chain continues to function and that the supply of food and feed can be secured in the long run, every agricultural trading place in Germany is important. ”
Most of the last crop of grains and oilseeds is stored in agricultural trading companies. As long as grain and feed mills do not need raw materials for processing, they remain healthy through agricultural trade. Therefore, the closure of outlets in agriculture can lead to bottlenecks among processors who use this raw material to produce food and feed.
In addition, not only now, at the beginning of the growing season, agricultural trading companies provide agriculture with everything necessary for the production of plant and animal food.
By supplying seeds, fertilizers and plant protection products, trade in agricultural products, especially in times of crisis, helps agriculture lay the foundation for a successful new crop. In addition, by delivering feed, it makes an important contribution to the continuous feeding of farm animals.
The Egyptians buried mummies with necklaces from barley, and in 1324, King Edward of England set the standard for measurement, according to which an inch was “three grains of barley, round, dry, laid in a row end to end.”
“In order to maintain these important functions even in very volatile times, agricultural trading companies reacted early and took precautions. Among other things, this includes the accumulation of important operational resources, ”said Schuler.
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