Participant Mike Strachan reports on the agricultural scene in norther
n Germany, focusing particularly on the changes brought about by the u
nification of East and West. Purely for the sake of clarity, locations
of visits are identified in this article as 'East Germany' or 'West G
ermany'. Readers should note that these terms ceased to have any offic
ial status in 1990, both being superseded by 'Germany'.