Etiket: livestock
Battlefield at livestock farms due to rapidly advancing bluetongue virus: ‘It is five to twelve’
The bluetongue virus is spreading like wildfire. While the first infections were reported at Drenthe livestock farms at the beginning of October, the viral disease has now spread like wildfire…
Bluetongue at probably 2,250 livestock farms in the Netherlands
The number of livestock farms with (presumably) bluetongue among the animals in the Netherlands has risen to more than 2,250. Contamination has been confirmed at almost 1,490 companies, and 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…
Study disputes the benefit for nature of purchasing peak-load livestock farms | Domestic
The purchase of thousands of farms close to nature may have little effect on the quality of nature. This startling conclusion can be derived from new nitrogen research from the…
End for Klompenhoeve livestock farming and dairy department, uncertain fate for 250 goats
The high word is out: after the devastating fire, Esdégé Reigersdaal immediately stops the livestock farming and dairy department at the Klompenhoeve. This is confirmed by the healthcare organization. What…
“Waiting anxiously every day”: livestock farmers worried about wolf
“Waiting anxiously every day”: livestock farmers worried about wolf Stefaan Lycke is a cattle dealer from Wingene, he wants politicians to take urgent action. “Waiting anxiously every day” “Every day…
CBS: same number of dairy cows in livestock farming, ‘pig herd’ has shrunk
The number of dairy cows will remain about the same in 2022. For a few years now there have been around the same number of dairy cows in the Netherlands.…
CBS: same number of dairy cows in livestock farming, ‘pig herd’ has shrunk
The number of dairy cows will remain about the same in 2022. For a few years now there have been around the same number of dairy cows in the Netherlands.…
The province wants millions for sustainable livestock farming trials
Together with five other provinces and five livestock sectors, Drenthe has devised fifty pilot projects to accelerate the sustainability of livestock farming. They want 27 million euros from the government…
Provinces are asking millions to make livestock farming more sustainable: ‘What works and what doesn’t?’
Six provinces, including Gelderland and Overijssel, want to make livestock farming more sustainable more quickly. They are asking the government to contribute 27 million euros to the development of innovative…