Farm animals that are kept in conditions that do not meet legal requirements have repeatedly caused unpleasant images in the media in recent months. In Lower Austria, too, some “scandal operations” were discovered by animal protection organizations in 2023 and in the years before and pictures of neglected animals were published. According to the Austrian … Read more
Nov 10, 2023 at 3:11 PM Update: 17 minutes ago The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is demanding a conditional prison sentence of one month against the officer who shot at a tractor in Heerenveen during a farmers’ protest last year. The Public Prosecution Service suspects him of attempted manslaughter. The sentence is subject to a … Read more
Food producers will be required to have and declare a fiscal bank account in Cuba through which they must carry out all operations related to their activity, a measure that also affects artists and intellectuals, communicators, usufructuaries of state lands, owners of agricultural land and landless livestock keepers. Any repair, maintenance, purchase of equipment and … Read more
Schoolchildren can get to know over 50 companies and institutions in the Breisgau Hall on Thursday and Friday. Career aspirations are explored there at eye level. Next Thursday evening, October 26th, and Friday morning, October 27th, the job start exchange will take place in the Breisgau Hall in Breisach. The well-known event is aimed primarily … Read more
The government would like to counteract the high costs of inputs, building materials and labor in agriculture by adjusting the subsidy amounts for inflation. Specifically, the environmental budget for the ÖPUL bonuses, the compensation allowance and investment support should be increased. The Federal Ministry provides 55 million euros per year for this purpose, 40 percent … Read more
The bluetongue virus is transmitted by small biting flies, also called midges. It was previously hoped that dropping temperatures would make the midge less active. As a result, the number of infections should also stagnate, hoped Henk Hulshoff, chairman of the Westerkwartier department of LTO Noord. For the time being, this does not seem to … Read more
Agriculture Minister once again at the diving station St. Pölten (OTS) – “The latest finding by the Administrative Court is causing serious problems for the farmers,” said the club chairman of the Lower Austrian FPÖ LAbg. Mag. Reinhard Teufel. The Administrative Court ruled that storing silo bales in the wild was not permitted. “This is … Read more
Bluetongue is an animal disease that has not occurred in the Netherlands since 2009. It is spread by midges, which are small mosquitoes. The disease cannot be transmitted from animal to animal or from animal to human. It mainly occurs in sheep and cattle, but other ruminants such as camels or deer can also get … Read more
ANPApotatoes are harvested in the Hoeksche Waard NOS News•today, 3:33 PM•Adjusted today, 4:15 PM The House of Representatives allows farmers to harvest their potatoes two weeks later. A proposal on this from BBB and SGP has been adopted. Due to new fertilizer regulations, crops on sandy and loess soil must actually be harvested before October … Read more
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 20:32 Nearly 500 livestock farmers have registered for the voluntary buy-out scheme, including 300 peak loaders. That is what Minister Van der Wal of Nature and Nitrogen said in the House of Representatives. That does not immediately mean that all these livestock farmers will actually be bought out, says Van der Wal. … Read more