Farmers’ corporations Agractie and LTO to talk with Remkes on Wednesday | NOW

Farmers’ corporations Agractie and LTO to talk with Remkes on Wednesday |  NOW

Agractie and LTO Nederland will satisfy nitrogen broker Johan Remkes on Wednesday. Farmers’ organizations on Tuesday indicated that they would only go over troubles this sort of as the nitrogen ticket and the deadline to halve nitrogen emissions. The Farmers Protection Power (FDF) has also indicated it will be there on Wednesday. Agractie states the … Read more

Farmers say: ‘Let’s just hope we can continue to be here’ | NOW

Farmers say: ‘Let’s just hope we can continue to be here’ |  NOW

To defend susceptible character, the federal government must greatly decrease the amount of nitrogen. This has really serious implications for farmers. They need to retain less cows and pigs. How do farmers deal with this message and how do they see the long run? NU.nl is talking and adhering to diverse farmers in diverse conditions … Read more

Community service for four rioters at farmer’s protest distribution center Zwolle NOW

Community service for four rioters at farmer’s protest distribution center Zwolle  NOW

The police judge in Zwolle on Friday imposed community service and suspended prison sentences on four men for their involvement in the riots at an Albert Heijn distribution center in Zwolle. On July 4, a farmers’ protest took place there, while an emergency ordinance was in effect. In the end it ended in a confrontation … Read more

29-year-old man from Zwolle arrested for arson on A28 during farmers’ actions NOW

29-year-old man from Zwolle arrested for arson on A28 during farmers’ actions  NOW

The police arrested a 29-year-old man from Zwolle on Friday who is suspected of arson on the A28 during the farmers’ protests last Wednesday. The man is suspected of, among other things, sedition and arson, according to the police. The arson in the context of the farmers’ protests took place on the highway near the … Read more

First farmers to appear in court next week due to riots at minister’s home | NOW

First farmers to appear in court next week due to riots at minister’s home |  NOW

Five farmers who were involved in the disturbances around the home of Minister Christianne van der Wal (Nature and Nitrogen) will appear in court in Zutphen on August 5. The lawyer of one of the suspects confirms this on Thursday The Stentor. This is a quick trial. The five are suspected of public assault and … Read more

Fines handed out for placing the inverted Dutch flag at Torentje | NOW

Fines handed out for placing the inverted Dutch flag at Torentje |  NOW

Four people were ticketed by the police on Saturday after they placed an inverted Dutch flag at the Torentje on the Binnenhof in The Hague. Two swimmers attached the flag to two poles via the Hofvijver and placed it against the building in which Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s office is located. The flag was removed … Read more

Rabobank is not prepared to cancel farmers’ debts in the nitrogen crisis | NOW

Rabobank is not prepared to cancel farmers’ debts in the nitrogen crisis |  NOW

The House of Representatives wants banks and agricultural companies to contribute to solving the nitrogen crisis. But Rabobank is not prepared to cancel the debts. However, the bank sees a major role for itself in tackling the crisis. For example, the bank is investing hundreds of millions of euros in making agriculture more sustainable, a … Read more

With a ten-point plan, 2,500 farmers want to offer the agricultural sector a future | NOW

With a ten-point plan, 2,500 farmers want to offer the agricultural sector a future |  NOW

A group of farmers who already work sustainably will present the Green Farmers Plan on Wednesday with recommendations that will also offer their colleagues perspective, reports Fidelity. In order to offer farmers a good future, the government, supermarkets and banks must start working in a different way, according to the 2,500 farmers behind the plan. … Read more

Police shoot by farmers protest on A32, small blockades distribution centers

Police shoot by farmers protest on A32, small blockades distribution centers

– ANP – NOS News•today, 01:42 — The police have aimed and fired warning shots at farmers’ protests in the driveway of the A32 near Heerenveen. Police said the situation was imminent. A tractor was hit, no one was injured. – The police report on Twitter that the drivers of the tractors tried to drive … Read more

Farmers still block several supermarket distribution centers on Tuesday | NOW

Farmers still block several supermarket distribution centers on Tuesday |  NOW

Groups of farmers with tractors are still blocking supermarket distribution centers on Tuesday morning. They are still standing in front of the entrance gate in Almere, Beilen, Deventer, Nieuwegein, Nijkerk, Oosterhout, Raalte and Woerden. The actions are directed against the government’s nitrogen plans. In most places, farmers relieved each other in the night from Monday … Read more