28 mrt 2023 om 13:07 The municipality of Ede is going to make it easier for farmers to use the land on which they live for a different purpose. The first hundred farmers who make use of the new scheme also have to pay less if they change the destination from ‘agricultural business’ to, for … Read more
ANPBart Kemp at a meeting of farmers’ organization Agractie Today and tomorrow there will be consultations about the Agricultural Agreement. Farmers’ organizations want the result of that agreement to do justice to last week’s election results, when BBB achieved a huge victory in the elections for the Provincial Council. Bart Kemp, Agractie’s foreman, attended the … Read more
All kinds of special marsh birds breed in the Zouweboezem nature reserve, but the water board keeps the water level too low and that causes problems. The water board also has a role to play in Junner Koeland in Overijssel. NU.nl visited the areas in the run-up to the elections. Terwijl vlokken natte sneeuw naar … Read more
ANPFarmers protested against the policy of the Flemish government last week NOS News•today, 4:04 PM•Amended today, 4:47 PM The Flemish government has finally agreed on the nitrogen dossier. Prime Minister Jambon says that the parties have yet reached an agreement on a final settlement. The aim of the agreement is that by 2030 in Flanders, … Read more
09 mrt 2023 om 05:03 A relatively large number of pesticides are found in the blood of Dutch farmers and house dust on farms contains no fewer than 144 types of agricultural poison. European standards offer little protection because they do not look at the total health effects of simultaneous exposure to several substances. Researchers … Read more
07 mrt 2023 om 23:52Update: 4 uur geleden Caroline van der Plas (BBB) will not be present at the farmers’ protest in The Hague on Saturday. “A number of things have happened in the past week that make me not feel safe enough to stand on stage at such a massive public gathering,” said the … Read more
05 mrt 2023 om 05:00 The first South Holland farmers were told in mid-February that they must be gone by 2030. It caused a lot of fuss, also because the province could not say why and what price farmers would receive for their farm. Almost three weeks later, several farmers are in uncertainty. “We didn’t … Read more
NOSPeasant protest NOS News•today, 11:21 More than two thousand Flemish farmers drove tractors to Brussels this morning to protest against the nitrogen policy of the Flemish government. They gather near the North station. Just like in the Netherlands, nitrogen emissions in Flanders must be reduced. This leads to unrest among Flemish farmers, who fear that … Read more
ANPFor the time being, the province will not grant permits to projects that lead to extra nitrogen emissions In association with Broadcasting Brabant NOS News•yesterday, 22:30•Amended yesterday, 22:59 In order not to further deteriorate the quality of nature in North Brabant, the province will temporarily stop granting permits that lead to extra nitrogen emissions in … Read more
02 mrt 2023 om 00:03 The sustainability of Dutch agriculture has stagnated in the past fifteen to twenty years. The nitrogen surplus hardly decreased, while the emission of greenhouse gases and particulate matter from stables has even increased. This is evident from the latest figures from Statistics Netherlands on Thursday. Dutch agriculture has become more … Read more