Tag: farmers
Valley farmers anxiously and resignedly await The Hague’s nitrogen strategy: ‘I can’t imagine a valley without farmers’
“Livestock shrinkage should be a consequence, not a goal” and “there are problems, but now we are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs”. These are two sentences that…
Valley farmers are anxiously waiting for The Hague’s nitrogen strategy: ‘I can’t imagine a valley without farmers’
“Livestock shrinkage should be a consequence, not a goal” and “there are problems, but now we are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.” These are two sentences that…
Drought in France 2022: 23 departments on alert, what aid for farmers?
DROUGHT. While the drought alert now affects 23 departments, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced measures to help farmers and breeders before the situation becomes critical this summer. Which departments are…
Now the farmer’s fields will bloom
On Sunday, for the fifth year in a row, attention is paid to the day of biological diversity proclaimed by the UN, with events around the country. The whole of…
of French farmers choose a more resistant wheat
More and more French farmers are turning to wheat varieties that are more tolerant to heat. Report in Grammont (south-west). With our special correspondent in the Tarn-et-Garonne, Alexis Bedu. A…
Swedish farmers appeal for rain: “The ground begins to crack”
It is really dry in some parts of the country and for the farmer Henrik Carlsson in Ösmo south of Stockholm, the starting position for the summer is worse than…
Managing St. Marys Farmers’ Market has a chance to give back
There’s been moments over the past two-and-a-half years when Dee Skeith has felt like she’s living in a “fantasy town.” Skeith, a grandmother, moved to St. Marys in 2019 not…
Drought coming? It’s not that bad in Utrecht, but farmers hold on tight
The water boards are not very concerned for the time being, although they are keeping an eye on the situation. The territory of four water boards partly overlaps that of…
Thanks to drones, lapwing eggs do not end up in the lawn mowers of Eemland farmers
And that protection is paying off. Collective Eemland manages half of the 5000 hectares of farmland in Eemland. In addition to flying drones, Huijegens can also praise his own, because…
Growing unrest among poultry farmers due to bird flu: ‘It feels like a lottery’
“I get a lot of calls from concerned poultry farmers,” says Oplaat of the Dutch Union of Poultry Farmers. “They are already doing a lot against bird flu, but it…