Lower Austria's farmers' association fights for voice and trust in choice!

Lower Austria's farmers' association fights for voice and trust in choice!

In Lower Austria, the Chamber of Agriculture is just around the corner, and the Lower Austrian Farmers' Association goes into the election campaign with a clear course under the leadership of top candidate Johannes Schmuckenschlager. With the slogan "Protect property, promote performance, strengthen production", he is committed to the concerns of the farmers. This emphasized Schmuckenschlager, who, as the reigning president of the Chamber of Agriculture, also takes a strong point of view of inheritance tax and rejects additional financial burdens. In his opinion, the region needs land as a fundamental basis for the economy and no other taxes that would burden the farmers, so reported noe.orf.at .

On March 9, 2025, 1552 farmers will be on the ballot boxes that run in 21 districts. Schmuckenschlager's appeal to the electorate aims to stand up for the interests of agriculture and to avert political disputes. "Agriculture has special challenges and our voices have to be heard," he said in a press release, which took up Exxpress.at . The importance of fair prices on the international market and its effects on domestic production were also the focus of his campaign. Schmuckenschlager wants to persuade the more than 154,000 eligible voters to vote for the farmers' association in order to secure a strong representation of agriculture in the political committees.

In current political uncertainty, it is crucial for the farmers' association to strongly represent the interests of farmers, as Schmuckenschlager and his colleagues emphasize. In the last election, the farmers' association was already able to win 85 percent of the vote, taking 33 out of 36 mandates in the Chamber of Agriculture. The goal for this choice is clear: the successful implementation of a policy that puts the needs of farmers in the foreground and at the same time ensures the quality of domestic products is central to the success in the future development of agriculture in the region.