Etiket: farmers
Bluetongue appears in Belgium among sheep farmers: What causes this disease? And is it dangerous for humans? | Science & Planet
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain reported this month an infection with bluetongue at a small sheep farm in Merksplas, Antwerp. As a result, Belgium lost…
New Farmers’ Party is also coming to Belgium, but what do they stand for? “Against the nitrogen decree, against fines and for the dissatisfied citizen” | Domestic
Next year there will be a new party on your ballot: BoerBurgerBelangen (BBB), founded following the election victory of the Dutch BoerBurger Movement. According to Filip Boone, interim chairman of…
Sheep farmers must keep their animals indoors to be on the safe side | Statement of the day
First the wolf, now the bluetongue virus. Sheep, goats and alpacas are also at risk of becoming ill. According to Henk Hulshoff of the LTO, bringing animals inside is the…
Weesper Gwen ter Beek (18) stars in the new farmer’s calendar: “Dream comes true”
For eighteen-year-old Gwen ter Beek it was a dream come true: to shine on the farmer’s calendar. The latest calendar for 2024 was presented yesterday. “I always thought it would…
When should farmers harvest their potatoes or corn? October 1, 10, or 15?
So now let’s wait as long as possible and harvest? That does sound logical. But if it were up to the Ministry of Agriculture, harvesting would take place earlier than…
‘Why no water cannons against farmers?’
Hadewych Minis, actress and climate activist, states that the A12 protests are being taken harder than at the time of the protesting farmers. “Why weren’t there water cannons there?” ©…
Stable floors don’t work: another 111 Brabant livestock farmers may be illegal
There is a threat of a new nitrogen crisis in Brabant. 111 livestock farms in Brabant expanded their businesses in recent years without a nature permit, because according to the…
Thank you for a mistake? Farmers in uncertainty about biogas due to government blunder: ‘Work was for nothing’
They had calculated everything neatly, permits had been applied for. Yet ten farmers around IJhorst are suddenly in uncertainty about purchasing a manure digester to produce biogas. The government made…
Young farmers are pleasantly surprised by the government’s guidance
Much is still unclear, but the outgoing cabinet actually had good news for agriculture on Budget Day. 100 million euros will be made available for young farmers and gardeners. The…
Ministry lied to European Commission about ‘land grabbing’ by farmers: ‘Please don’t use the word fraud!’ | Interior
internal emailsIn 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) lied to the European Commission about the extent of fraud involving agricultural plots in the Netherlands. In this…