
Kerstin Martens
Institute of Farm Economics
Bundesallee 63
38116 Braunschweig
Phone: +49 531 596 5102
Fax: +49 531 596 5199
bw@thuenen.de
"Our daily bread….” - how is it produced and how much does it cost? Compared to 20 years ago, today German and European crop farmers face a much stronger global competition when they market cereals but also oilseeds and sugar. Therefore, it is important for policymakers, the public and entrepreneurs to know which consequences changes in the political, technological and legal framework have. We provide such analyses.
In our research we use technical and economic data of typical crop farms, which we collect in the context of the agri benchmark network. This network is coordinated by the Thünen Institute and the non-profit company (gUG) global networks. Furthermore, we rely on data of official statistics, farm branch analyses of advisory services as well as the FADN network. Based on this data we analyse, among others, the following questions: