“A very wise decision” – Leader Mark van den Oever praises LTO’s withdrawal from agricultural agreement consultations Leader Mark van den Oever of the farmers’ action group Farmers Defense Force (FDF) has hailed the decision of the LTO to pull the plug on the consultations about the agricultural agreement as a “very wise decision.” Van … Read more
NOS NOS News•today, 22:35 Today, the long-awaited website was launched on which farmers can see whether their company emits too much nitrogen, and whether they belong to the so-called peak loaders. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has set up a call team for farmers who cannot find a solution on the site or who want … Read more
Farmers are not pleased with the nitrogen tool that appeared on Monday to discover which buy-out scheme they can get. “We have to do a whole study before we finally know where we stand” and “this is really not possible for older farmers”, they responded. NU.nl spoke to three farmers who are not very enthusiastic. … Read more
News hourFarmers in the Gelderse Vallei in conversation with Nieuwsuur Dieuwke van Ooij news reporter Dieuwke van Ooij news reporter Tomorrow, the Ministry of Agriculture will post a calculation model online that farmers can use to see whether they are a so-called peak loader. They are if they excrete too much nitrogen near a protected … Read more
ANPMinister Adema of Agriculture NOS News•yesterday, 21:46 Agriculture Minister Adema thinks he needs 6.7 billion euros from the cabinet for the measures from the agricultural agreement. This is evident from a memorandum from the Ministry of Agriculture that is in the hands of NOS. The cabinet has not yet approved the amount. It first wants … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 4:14 pm After the green light from the European Commission to the cabinet to be able to buy out the large emitters of nitrogen in livestock farming through a scheme, the question is how many farmers will respond. Because what is the company worth and perhaps more importantly: what is the company … Read more
NU.nl chooses a current topic every day about which you can exchange ideas extensively with fellow readers. Today you can talk about Easter fires. How do you view this tradition? Is it especially a nice moment for you to get together, have a snack and a drink and enjoy the warmth? Or do you have … Read more
News hourFarmer Lammert Westerhuis The Council of State (RvS) came up with a surprising ruling this week: the 25-kilometre limit that the cabinet uses for the precipitation of nitrogen is not against the rules. The government may disregard nitrogen that falls further than 25 kilometers from the source when granting permits. Good news for at … Read more
ANPWidening A15 Ties Brock news reporter Yuri Vugts news editor Ties Brock news reporter Yuri Vugts news editor Politicians in The Hague and licensing authorities are anxiously awaiting a ruling from the Council of State tomorrow. He then decides whether the government can maintain the calculation method for determining nitrogen precipitation in nature reserves. The … Read more
ANPMirjam Sterk, CDA deputy in Utrecht It is up to the provinces in the nitrogen dossier. That is what Prime Minister Rutte and Deputy Prime Ministers Kaag and Hoekstra said last night after the days-long crisis consultations in the cabinet. But those provinces say they are bound hand and foot. “Saying that we can get … Read more