Tag: farmers
Schiphol Group has bought out farmers for more nitrogen space
The decision to turn Lelystad into an overflow airport for Schiphol dates back to 2008. The opening of Lelystad had already been postponed due to the corona crisis and was…
Increase in pensions 2023: a bonus on January 1, and farmers?
PENSION INCREASE. Pensions from the basic scheme will be increased by 0.8% on January 1, 2023. The improvement in the method of calculating farmers’ pensions has been voted by the…
Nature and farmers can work together: ‘If you sit around the table, a lot is possible’
Josja Veraart of the NMU: “There are more examples, for example nut trees on a farmer’s yard. You can also harvest those nuts, so there is a revenue model in…
School canteens: the fair remuneration of farmers is important to schoolchildren
News Published on 26/11/2022 at 6:30 p.m. Updated 26/11/2022 at 6:30 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Do schoolchildren consume responsibly when they eat in the canteen? The Max Havelaar association conducted…
Farmers are concerned about the government’s groundwater level plans: ‘They should not get involved’
What are the (leaked) plans for the water level? The cabinet wants to raise the groundwater level in peat meadow areas. Peat will rot if the soil becomes too dry…
Hundreds of farmers talk about the future in Vijfheerenlanden: ‘That uncertainty is killing’
Another ‘thing’ for the farmers here: the widening of the A27, which runs along Lexmond, among other things. It doesn’t feel fair how that is arranged now, they say. “Rijkswaterstaat…
Poultry farmers want healthy animals to stop being culled
A recent outbreak just across the provincial border in Lunteren resulted in a transport ban for animals, eggs, poultry manure and litter in part of the province of Utrecht. Leusden,…
Farmers more fanatical than ever at Koeiemart Woerden: ‘Cleaning and scrubbing all morning’
Woerden – They must be radiantly clean, the cows that are exhibited today at the Koeiemart in Woerden. After two years without, that Woerdense tradition is being picked up again…
Farmers more fanatical than ever at Koeiemarkt Woerden: ‘Cleaning and scrubbing all morning’
Woerden – They must be radiantly clean, the cows that are exhibited today at the Koeiemart in Woerden. After two years without, that Woerdense tradition is being picked up again…
More and more farms are organic: Flevoland and Utrecht have relatively the most organic farmers
The province of Utrecht has a relatively large number of organic farms with about 6 percent (134 companies), but Flevoland takes the cake with more than 15 percent. In absolute…