Agriculture in Germany has undergone enormous structural and economic change in recent decades – yet one thing has remained the same: its fundamental role in supplying the population with plant and animal-based food.
Caught between the conflicting priorities of productivity and sustainability, harvest cycles and climate change, politics and society, and – particularly relevant at present – record municipal deficits and regional development, farmers need to have strong partners.
One such partner has long been the Savings Banks Finance Group with its local member institutions. They support agriculture with efficient measures aimed in particular at sustainable financing and industry-specific advice. The East German Savings Banks Association (OSV) plays a special role in this regard.
The OSV is responsible for the four eastern German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, which also play a prominent role in agriculture.