Christiaan Maljaar from Van Iperen follows customers’ green manures with interest. Image: Jorg Tönjes Field service employee Christiaan Maljaars draws up plans for arable crops and green manures together with Van Iperen customers. Mid-October is a great time to see how the green manures are performing. Legume green manures fix nitrogen in late summer and … Read more
NOS NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 16:59 Thomas Spekschoor news reporter Sarah Bürmann editor Domestic Thomas Spekschoor news reporter Sarah Bürmann editor Domestic Current plans to buy out so-called peak loaders will reduce nitrogen precipitation in Dutch nature reserves by no more than 2.5 percent. This is evident from calculations made by nitrogen scientists at the request of … Read more
NieuwsuurThe potatoes are not yet ripe enough, farmers say Marieke Schunselaar editor Nieuwsuur Marieke Schunselaar editor Nieuwsuur Outgoing Agriculture Minister Piet Adema goes along with the wishes of the House of Representatives. He wants farmers to have two weeks longer to sow a catch crop – which absorbs nitrogen – after harvesting their potatoes. Adema: … 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
NOSEelectric drill NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 21:17 Because construction is no longer exempt from the nitrogen approach, thousands of construction projects are being delayed. To overcome this impasse, the construction sector is focusing on electrification of construction equipment. Today, experiments were carried out during the construction of high-voltage cables in Breda with a 235-ton electric drill that … 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
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 10:23 The Council of State has given the green light to the Porthos mega project, in which CO2 is stored in the North Sea via pipelines under the Port of Rotterdam. The highest administrative court acknowledges that there are harmful nitrogen emissions, but these are temporary and limited and have no major … Read more
Omrop Fryslân Farmer Bartele Holtrop wants to get out of the ‘rat race’ NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 12:40 Bartele Holtrop from the Frisian village of Rotstergaast is perhaps the first farmer in the Netherlands to do it: instead of applying for a new loan from the bank, he sells bonds. Holtrop wants to get rid of ‘the … Read more
ANPCalves with their mother in Halle, Gelderland NOS News•today, 10:50•Edited today, 11:48 In less than two weeks, more than 200 farmers have registered for a buy-out scheme. This is confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality after reporting in NRC. At the beginning of July, the government set up two buyout schemes. … Read more
Cabinet to Develop New Plan for Agricultural Sector In a bid to address the collapsed agricultural agreement, the cabinet has announced its intention to draw up a new plan for the agricultural sector this summer. The package is expected to be ready by September, providing much-needed clarity for farmers. The negotiations for the agricultural agreement … Read more