Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (LR)

The Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank is a public law institution and serves as the German development bank for the agricultural sector and rural areas. As the central refinancing institution for the German agricultural and food industry, it grants program loans through intermediary banks and provides subsidies for innovations and practice-oriented research projects. Its funding mandate targets production enterprises, companies along the entire value chain of food production, municipalities, as well as private initiatives in rural areas.

"Sowing good. We sustainably advance the countryside." Rentenbank is committed to strengthening the future viability of the agricultural and food industries as well as the development of rural areas through low-interest loans and targeted grants. Our goal is to promote investments in sustainable agriculture, renewable energies, and innovations to harmonize ecological, economic, and social concerns.

The funding programs of Rentenbank are aimed at production enterprises in agriculture and forestry as well as viticulture and horticulture, manufacturers of agricultural production inputs, trade and service companies closely connected to agriculture, businesses in the agricultural and food industry along the entire value chain, municipalities, municipal associations and special-purpose associations in rural areas, private individuals and initiatives that improve infrastructure and living conditions in rural areas, as well as green start-ups and research projects in the agricultural and food sector.