Harvest Damage over 183 Million Euros in Styria
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The Styrian farmers suffered from extreme drought and heat this year. Almost all cultures suffer massive losses. Climate change adaptation is now the imperative of the hour.
From total failures on the fields to halved harvests on the farms: drought, late frost and hail have caused severe damage to Styrian agriculture this year. In particular, corn, grassland and fruit crops suffered massive losses. On Thursday, the balance was drawn. STEIERMARK. "This year's extreme year was a disaster year for me," reported Stefan Bischof, organic dairy farmer from Bruck an der Mur. Two grassland cuts were totally out of place, so …
The 2026 harvest balance is sobering for Styria: corn, apples and meadows suffer massively from the drought. While some farmers run out of food, first measures against the drought have an effect.
Styrian harvest balance: "Give us God if we experience another year." In the future, we want to tackle drought and water shortages with climate change adjustments.
The government recently confirmed the final estimate of damage to agricultural crops due to this year's hailstorms, which amounts to 58 million euros. We have learned unofficially that the damage from the drought has also been estimated at 233.4 million euros. It was reported by nearly 21,500 victims from all 212 municipalities. Some are said to have cheated in this, as hail and drought damaged the same crop by well over 100 percent.
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