hasn't rained in the region since april for weeks drought related damage has prompted the german farmers association to demand rapid financial aid now that the government announced millions of euros in assistance the farmers lobby says prioritization will be key. i would like to stress that it's important to support the farms that have suffered really bad setbacks losses of more than thirty percent oxygen we don't want to cast a wide net. we want to target the aid where it's needed most. is to allow the farms to continue to operate. that could make the fener farming call for it if. ahead of the government's announcement it said it's lost seventy percent of the crops it needed to feed its cattle it wasn't able to build up large reserves due to poor harvests in the past. for out of the drought which means that we have a considerable shortage and he. did even the one time we couldn't fill the contracts are not included with the agricultural co-operative due to poor yield sized co-operative has a deficit if you thought of five hundred thousand euros this year. it's from. the german farmers association e

hasn't rained in the region since april for weeks drought related damage has prompted the german farmers association to demand rapid financial aid now that the government announced millions of euros in assistance the farmers lobby says prioritization will be key. i would like to stress that it's important to support the farms that have suffered really bad setbacks losses of more than thirty percent oxygen we don't want to cast a wide net. we want to target the aid where it's needed most. is to allow the farms to continue to operate. that could make the fener farming call for it if. the head of the government's announcement it said it's lost seventy percent of the crops it needed to feed its cattle it wasn't able to build up large reserves due to poor harvests in the past. for out of the drought which means that we have a considerable shortage of the clock to even the one time we couldn't fill the contracts are now included with the agricultural co-operative due to poor yield sized co-operative has a deficit of its all to five hundred thousand euros this year. is from her not also on the german farme

the german farmers association also wants billions of euros rapidly farmers need to know how they're going to get through the winter. i got me i'm actually upset that the federal government is still so low profile after the second consultation and is waiting for figures like we can supply the brandenberg figures if we can do it like other states and i'm annoyed that they're not picking up the pace a little bit and put the phoenix operative wants to avoid emergency slaughtering with these young bulls who probably have to be sold for a due to a lack of feed. well let's bring in an expert now when it comes to heat extreme weather and the impact on fire. i'm professor of international food economics and rural development at the galle augustin avesta in gutting and good to have you with us so we had a sweltering summer not only here in germany but it's been hot around the world and everyone is going on about just how hot and dry this summer was was a greenie that's unusual yes. very unusual especially even if you look at the northern hemisphere and over in europe and germany some stations

the german farmers association also wants billions of euros rapidly farmers need to know how they're going to get through the winter. i got me i'm actually upset that the federal government is still so low profile after the second consultation and is waiting for figures we can supply the brandenberg figures if we can do it like other states and i'm annoyed that they're not picking up the pace a little bit of good. operative wants to avoid emergency slaughtering these young bulls who probably have to be sold for it due to a lack of feed. the drought is wreaking havoc on many more countries around the world and to see just how dry it is take a. look at these pictures from the international space station with no clouds inside europe has popped and that means water shortages crop losses and wildfires wide areas of australia are also stricken by droughts the worst in decades farmers are finding it hostie even keep their animals alive and already getting state aid and the u.s. state of california is also facing severe drought water supplies of been declining there for decades but this year

already called their livestock herds due to a lack of water and feed and meanwhile the german farmers association note that drought will push this year's harvest of german wheat down to eighteen million tonnes that's the lowest yield level since two thousand and three and twenty percent lower than this than last year's crop the worsening drought impacts which predicted limited supplies have pushed into benchmark trading prices on wheat to their highest level in three years. the global heat wave is straining electrical systems worldwide the electric grid in iraq and snapping under the pressure while summer highs in iraq have been easily topping forty four degrees celsius or one hundred ten degrees fahrenheit for days on end regular outages are striking the country's power grid making basic life much less commerce and culture nearly impossible according to many iraqis those who can afford the cost of turned to generators for electricity and sun entrepreneurs' are selling power from largely privately owned generators that can cover dozens of households. sometimes hard to take a longer look in the mi

already called their livestock herds due to a lack of water and feed and meanwhile the german farmers association note that drought will push this year's harvest of german wheat down to eighteen million tonnes that's the lowest yield level since two thousand and three and twenty percent lower than this than last year's crop the worsening drought impacts which predicted limited supplies have pushed a new benchmark trading prices on wheat to their highest level in three years. old a heat wave is straining electrical systems worldwide the electric grid in iraq is snapping under the pressure while summer highs in iraq have been easily topping forty four degrees celsius or one hundred ten degrees fahrenheit for days on end regular outages are striking the country's power grid making basic life much less commerce and culture nearly impossible according to many iraqis those who can afford the cost of turned to generators for electricity and sun entrepreneurs' are selling power from largely privately owned generators that can cover dozens of households. time courage to take a longer look in the midst of