Tag: NITROGEN CRISIS
Local residents of the Wiltenburg poultry company in Hekendorp want the government to buy out the company in a nitrogen discussion
Local residents of poultry company Wiltenburg in Hekendorp have asked the Oudewaterse College of B&W to designate the company as a peak loader. They write that in a letter to…
Eemnes removes inverted flags – RTV Utrecht
That did not work, a spokesperson for the municipality now says. “There has been a lot of consultation with various representatives of the farmers,” she says. When Veterans Day came…
Doubts about the usefulness of innovative low-emission stables put an end to the expansion of livestock farms
Commissioner Mirjam Sterk of the province of Utrecht is disappointed. “For farmers who have invested in these low-emission floors in recent years, this ruling is another blow. Not only financially,…
Major setback by the Council of State ruling: “This farmer has no way out”
There is therefore a lot of uncertainty, and the Council of State has issued a ruling on this. “Whether those nitrogen standards are being exceeded or undershot is not certain.…
Province removes farmer’s protest flags: ‘More risk due to autumn weather’
The province is going to remove all farmer’s protest flags along the Utrecht provincial roads. Earlier, the province said it would “tolerate this, as long as no dangerous situations arise”.…
Farmers will campaign during Vuelta: ‘Flags, banners and a gigantic row of tractors at Woudenberg’
Simone Richardson, director of La Vuelta Holanda, says that consultations are underway with Agractie about the second stage, but also with ZLTO Nederland about a protest during the third stage…
Remkes speaks of ‘constructive conversation’ with farmers: ‘There is some cold from the air’
After weeks of mounting tensions and highway blockades, mediator Johan Remkes spoke today with several farmers’ organizations in the provincial government of Utrecht. He speaks of a “constructive conversation”, in…
Consultation between farmers and cabinet starts in Utrecht: ‘We do not doubt the science’
Harberink has a special role, she tells this morning on Radio M Utrecht. Because although she is one of the farmers’ representatives, she has a lot more understanding for the…
Contractor André threatened because of cleaning up farm waste on the highway: “They call me NSB”
Tienhoven – He was called countless times, verbally abused and threatened. Contractor André van der Wilt ended up in a bad dream after he was called in yesterday to clean…
Rabobank regrets its role in the nitrogen crisis: ‘We acted differently in the past with knowledge of today’
That is why, according to the WWF, Rabobank must come up with real solutions and not put farmers at risk. In conversation with Trouw, director Rens van Tilburg of the…