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Saxony's environment minister believes the time for "green exuberance" is over. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Von Breitenbuch: The days of extras are over

Saxony is forced to make savings. This applies to all departments. For the new Minister of the Environment and Agriculture, however, the glass is not half empty, but half full. He also sees the coming period as an opportunity.

Saxon winegrowers have made a good start to the new wine year (archive photo). / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

Favorable omens for Saxon winegrowers

Devastating late frosts caused huge losses for Saxony's winegrowers last year. Things are looking better this year. However, frosty nights are still expected during the "ice saints".

Saxony's Minister of Agriculture Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch is delighted that culinary delights from Saxony will be represented at the Green Week / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Saxony at Green Week - 39 exhibitors in Berlin

Saxony's culinary treasures are conquering the world: at the world's largest agricultural trade fair, which starts in just under a week in Berlin, regional specialties will meet an international audience.

Horticultural expert Harald Alex and his wife harvesting saffron. (Archive photo) / Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa

Saffron harvest starts in Saxony and Thuringia

Saffron cultivation is still a rarity in this country. Nevertheless, experts in Saxony and Thuringia harvest the red threads from the saffron blossoms every October - and this should not remain rare.

Pond farmers expect an average carp harvest in Saxony (archive photo). / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

Fishermen expect average carp season

Fall is the time for carp. This is when the Saxon ponds are fished. In many places, this is celebrated as a folk festival. Consumers have to reckon with higher prices.

Bluetongue disease is spreading in the district of Central Saxony. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Lars Penning/dpa

Bluetongue disease spreads in Central Saxony

After a first case of bluetongue disease at the beginning of September, there are further outbreaks in the district of Central Saxony. A total of 14 cases of the animal disease have been registered.

Winter oilseed rape is grown on almost 107,000 hectares in Saxony. (Archive photo) / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Frosty nights reduce grain harvest in Saxony

Saxony is expecting a significantly lower grain harvest this year than last year. Important cereals such as winter wheat are particularly affected - but there are also positive exceptions.

The frost in spring led to enormous fruit losses for the cideries. / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Frost damage threatens Saxony's cideries

Every year, many Saxons bring apples, quinces and the like from their gardens and orchards to the cideries. But the harvest threatens to be a total failure. The result: rising prices.

Winemaker Klaus Zimmerling shows Grauer Burgunder grapes from the second budding on a vine in his vineyard in Dresden-Pillnitz / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

Saxon viticulture suffers from crop failures

The vineyards in Saxony's Elbe Valley have green leaves and the vines have sprouted again after the late frost. However, fruit is rare, depending on the location - but there could be top wines.

Grapes of a white wine variety hanging on a vine / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/Symbolic image

Frost damage: aid decided for fruit and wine growers

The Saxon cabinet has approved aid for fruit and wine growers affected by frost damage. The fruit growers had already had difficult times in recent years due to the drought, said Agriculture Minister Wolfram Günther (Greens) on Tuesday after the cabinet meeting in Dresden. For some, the question had ..

Frost damage on a vine / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Aid promised for fruit and wine growers

Just over a month after the immense frost damage, the Saxon Environment Minister has promised financial aid for Saxony's fruit and winegrowing businesses. "I am firmly committed to Saxon fruit and wine growing. There will be decisive aid," said Wolfram Günther (Greens) according to a press release o ..

A police emergency vehicle with flashing blue lights / Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa

Police search for escaped bull and warn the public

The police are warning people in Oberwiesenthal (Erzgebirgskreis) about an escaped bull. According to the police, it became known on Monday that the 600-kilogram white and yellow spotted bull had escaped. The animal is said to have wandered into a wooded area above a quarry between Hammerunterwiesen ..