The upper chamber of Germany’s parliament on Thursday delayed consideration of controversial plans to phase out diesel fuel subsidies for farmers. The subsidy cut has enraged Germany’s agricultural sector and triggered ongoing protests by farmers. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government has agreed to more slowly phase out the subsidy but has otherwise held firm on the plans. The move by the Bundesrat will give the leaders of Germany’s 16 states more time to weigh concerns and demands from farmers, said Conrad Clemens, a top deputy to Lower Saxony’s state premier Stephan Weil, in a post o…