Stock Photo - 01 October 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Petersberg: Björn Küstermann, a farmer from the Saale district, holds a plant damaged by the rapeseed flea. Farmers in Saxony-Anhalt are particularly struggling with the rapeseed flea this year. The holes that the pest has eaten into the still young rape plants have destroyed a large part of the leaves. Until some time ago, canola seed was treated with pesticides to protect it against pests and fungal attack. In 2013, three neonicotinoids had been banned by the EU for flowering plants and thus also for rapeseed. However, there are always emergency approvals in other EU countries, which give other farmers advantages. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Petersberg/Saxony-Anhalt/Germany