Etiket: farmers
Farmers’ interest in buy-out schemes is still too low
They are not yet a great success, the government’s buy-out schemes for farmers who are quitting. In November, the cabinet announced that two to three thousand companies that emit a…
Dozens of farmers drive around in Het Hogeland lit up and honking
Dozens of farmers drove around Het Hogeland on Friday evening with the illuminated tractors and honking their horns. They want to show the positive side of the agricultural sector and…
Annual overview 2022: year of lockdown, farmers and Lindsay van Zundert
2022 was a year full of crises: energy, poverty, war, nitrogen and drought. But also a year in which we were allowed to celebrate and be together again. The world…
Boerenbond launches its own nitrogen plan: extra money to buy out older farmers
The Boerenbond is taking flight with its own nitrogen plan. Unlike the Flemish government, the Boerenbond expects a large number of older farmers to retire in the coming years. The…
The province is going to shift with stable permit to the anger of farmers
The province is going to shift its stable policy. Farmers who want to build a low-emission barn will have six months longer to apply for a permit. The provincial government…
Vermilion buys nitrogen emissions from farmers in Westerveld
Vermilion Energy has signed a deal with two farmers from the municipality of Westerveld. From one farmer, Vermilion bought the nitrogen space. The nitrogen emissions are leased from the other…
Schiphol continues to buy out farmers for nitrogen, against the wishes of the majority of the House
For the time being, Schiphol will continue to buy out livestock farmers in North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and in the vicinity of Lelystad Airport, for extra nitrogen space for…
Banks and supermarkets should help farmers become greener, says the minister
Agriculture minister Piet Adema (ChristenUnie) wants to force banks and supermarkets to make a greater contribution to solving the nitrogen crisis through the agricultural agreement. This is confirmed by the…
Lelystad Airport wants to open with nitrogen rights from livestock farmers on Veluwe | Lelystad Airport
The Schiphol Group approaches farmers to sell their nitrogen rights. These are required to obtain a nature permit for Lelystad Airport. The polder airfield cannot open for holiday flights without…
The Week of Drenthe: burning beech and angry farmers
Angry farmers, a burning tree, a bomb that bursts: in the Week of Drenthe we look back at these news stories and much more. On Monday, the court ruled that…