More mega farms in the Netherlands, despite cabinet aims

1 day, 18 hours ago

Controversial educational materials tied to Dutch livestock industry

NL Times

In educational materials provided to Dutch elementary schools about the origins of food, key information is often omitted. Anne Hilhorst, director of the animal welfare organization Wakker Dier, told Argos, “For example, it states that most cows spend their days grazing in pastures, but the reality is that they spend 85 percent of their time indoors, and a quarter never …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Noord-Holland may have lengthy power cuts in 2026 due to overload of the power grid

NL Times

There is a possibility of lengthy power cuts in 2026 in parts of Noord-Holland if no extra measures are taken against the overload of the power grid, grid operators TenneT and Liander warn. They also predict in a new forecast that in many places in the province, there will be waiting lists for large electricity consumers, such as data centers, …

Electricity Power Grid Noord

3 weeks ago

Dutch population must stay below 20 million, ministers say

Dutch News

The right-wing Dutch government is looking at drawing up specific targets to limit immigration and ensure the population of the Netherlands remains below 20 million by 2050. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber and social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum told MPs in a briefing on Tuesday that the cabinet was embracing a report by the government’s demographic development commission which recommends …

Population Netherlands Migration

1 month ago

Millions of euros earmarked to save the black tailed godwit

Dutch News

Junior farm minister Jean Rummenie is planning to set aside tens of millions of euros to save the black tailed godwit, dubbed the Dutch national bird, whose number has been plummeting due to intensive farming methods, RTL news has reported. Rummenie, a minister on behalf of the pro-countryside BBB, is currently working on a package of measures to shore up …

Netherlands Bird Godwit Rummenie

1 month ago

‘It’s become so tough I’m looking for a second job’: Inside the farming crisis

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Inside one of the live sales rings where farmers bid …

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1 month, 1 week ago

More than 16,000 people object to 'outrageous' plans for Norfolk 'mega-farm' housing 870,000 chickens and 14,000 pigs

Daily Mail

Controversial plans to build a megafarm with up to 870,000 chickens and 14,000 pigs between two villages have attracted more than 16,000 complaints. Cranswick, the food giant behind the plans, says the two sites will be set 400 yards apart and operate separately to act as a 'bio-precaution' Locals fear the giant facility will belch out foul odours including ammonia …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Agriculture giants snatching up farms out from under gov't buyout scheme: report

NL Times

Agricultural giants like Van Drie and Klaremelk are buying up farms on the Veluwe, including from farmers who were negotiating with the government to close down their businesses. Van Drie and Klaremelk say they want to preserve these more modern stables and prevent them from being demolished when the government finds new uses for the land. “In order to achieve …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

New housebuilding held back by rapid rise of factory farms that pollute rivers, study finds

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Intensive farming is the main cause of river pollution emergencies …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Castrated pigs and chickens in tiny cages: The ‘millions in taxpayer cash’ funding cruel factory farms abroad

The Independent

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Country becomes world’s first to tax flatulent cows and pigs

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Livestock account for about 32% of human-caused methane emissions, says the U.N. “We will take a big step closer …

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6 months, 1 week ago

European dairy, pork producers wary of Chinese retaliation for EV tariffs

Hindustan Times

* European dairy, pork producers wary of Chinese retaliation for EV tariffs Uncertainty after EU slaps anti-subsidy duties on Chinese EVs * China's history of food tariffs raises retaliation risk * New Zealand could leap into breach to expand trade with China * EU officials have advocated open trade in foodstuffs By Casey Hall, Lucy Craymer and Mei Mei Chu …

Food France China Trade Dairy New Zealand Imports

7 months, 1 week ago

More than 200 factory farms set up in the UK over just five years, report finds

The Independent

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Amsterdam, Eindhoven: the only places where productivity is up

Dutch News

Greater Amsterdam and Eindhoven are the only two regions in the country where productivity is growing because of the shift to more economically productive sectors, Rabobank economists say in a new report. In all other regions, productivity growth is under pressure because of a shift towards jobs that do not generate significant economic returns, such business support services like cleaning …

Eindhoven

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Amsterdam, Eindhoven: the only places where productivity is up

Dutch News

Greater Amsterdam and Eindhoven are the only two regions in the country where productivity is growing because of the shift to more economically productive sectors, Rabobank economists say in a new report. In all other regions, productivity growth is under pressure because of a shift towards jobs that do not generate significant economic returns, such business support services like cleaning …

Eindhoven

9 months ago

Dutch agriculture exporting more to Russia than before Ukraine war

NL Times

The Netherlands is exporting more agricultural products to Russia than before the war in Ukraine. Dutch companies are particularly exporting modern agricultural machines and vaccines to Russia - merchandise that helps increase yield per hectare, according to FTM. The export of vaccines for livestock and agricultural machinery to Russia increased from 184 million euros in 2021 to 239 million euros …

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10 months ago

T.N. Agriculture Budget | 14,000 Integrated Farming System units to be established to encourage diversification

The Hindu

A total of 14,000 Integrated Farming System units will be established with an outlay of ₹42 crore, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Under the Integrated Farming System, farmers are encouraged to diversify their agricultural practices by incorporating crop cultivation with complementary activities such as dairy farming, goat rearing, fruit tree cultivation, honey bee rearing and vermicompost production. To …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Enough is enough’ – how Europe’s farming protests could spread here

The Telegraph

As protest movements go, it has certainly been eye-catching. Farmers across France have been leading a tractor revolution against what they claim is draconian environmental legislation, red tape and unfair prices. Meanwhile, in Germany, hundreds of farmers and their tractors have gathered to protest government plans to cut diesel subsidies and tax breaks for agricultural vehicles. This, coupled with bad …

11 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 150,000 business owners called it quits last year as economy cools off

NL Times

A massive 147,500 businesses in the Netherlands shut down last year, 8 percent more than in 2022, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce reported on Tuesday. “The number of companies continues to increase, but growth is clearly leveling off,” said Joris Knoben, professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management. All in all, these are clear …

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1 year ago

Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?

Associated Press

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — On the top deck of a three-tiered structure moored near downtown Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt above their heads and rinds of oranges salvaged from supermarket juice machines in the port city. “I would find it hard to see it as a scalable project.” Scaling up and contributing substantially …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Intensive Dutch livestock farming causes €9 billion in health, climate damage per year

NL Times

Intensive livestock farming in the Netherlands causes at least 9 billion euros in damage to health and the environment every year, according to calculations by economist Max van der Sleen for the environmental group Mobilization for the Environment. That makes the damage caused by livestock farming three times higher than its added value, which amounts to 3 billion euros according …

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1 year, 5 months ago

German firms tap Tianjin for success

China Daily

Big Dutchman employees operate poultry farming equipment at the company's factory in Tianjin in May. SONG RUI/XINHUA Enterprises from diverse industries make city their base for growth at home and abroad TIANJIN — Activity is in full swing at a 12,000-square-meter manufacturing factory of German company Big Dutchman in North China's Tianjin municipality. After 30 years of development, Big Dutchman's …

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1 year, 5 months ago

German companies tap Chinese market in northern port city

China Daily

Photo taken on Oct 5, 2022 shows the giant Ferris wheel called the "Tianjin Eye" in North China's Tianjin. TIANJIN - A 12,000-square-meter manufacturing factory of German company Big Dutchman in North China's Tianjin municipality is in full swing. After 30 years of development in China, Big Dutchman's business in China is on the up-and-up, with an annual output value …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Is this the end of vertical farming? 垂直农业是否已走到尽头？

China Daily

随身英语 Is this the end of vertical farming? Infarm, Europe's largest vertical farming company, made around 500 employees redundant back in November 2022 because they needed to downsize. 词汇表 crop 作物，庄稼 field 田地 stack 叠放，摞起来 vertical farming 垂直农业 air mile （食物）里程 warehouse 仓库 yield 产量 controlled environment 受控的环境 LED light 发光二极管（LED）灯 pump 用泵输送 closed-loop 闭环的 reliance 依赖 operational cost 运营成本 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch farmers on collision course with Brussels over compulsory farm buyouts

The Telegraph

Brussels has warned furious Dutch farmers that compulsory farm buyouts are the only way for the Netherlands to meet its EU climate targets. Climate chief Frans Timmermans said the European Commission would explain the green laws to Caroline van der Plas, the leader of the Farmers-Citizen Movement. Farmers oppose prime minister Mark Rutte’s plans to reduce livestock numbers and buy …

Farmers Bbb Collision Course Meet Eu Dutch Farm

1 year, 9 months ago

Number of people requiring food bank help has stabilized

NL Times

The number of people who visit food banks in the Netherlands has stabilized in the first months of this year, said a spokesperson for Voedselbank Netherlands, which represents many food banks operating across the country. In the last quarter of 2022, the number of food bank users increased by 30 percent to 120,000 per week. The number of food bank …

Food Bank Netherlands

1 year, 9 months ago

High home prices forcing Netherlands city dwellers to go tiny, especially in Amsterdam

NL Times

Tiny houses with a floor space of 50 square meters or less are gaining popularity in the Netherlands due to the sharp price increases in the housing market. Tiny homes are particularly popular in the four large cities, and especially in Amsterdam, according to the Kadaster, the Dutch land registry. The number of tiny homes in Amsterdam skyrocketed from 600 …

Amsterdam Netherlands Tiny Homes Tiny

1 year, 10 months ago

Housing construction at highest level in decade; Still 26% below gov't target

NL Times

Last year, the number of new homes completed was the highest in ten years. But it was still well below the Cabinet’s target of 100,000 new homes per year. In total, over 74,000 new homes were created in the Netherlands last year, an increase of 0.9 percent. The Economic Institute for Construction reported last week that it expects fewer homes …

Homes Cbs New Homes

1 year, 10 months ago

Vertical farm pioneer toppled by rising energy costs

Dutch News

Vertical horticulture pioneer Future Crops in Poeldijk was declared bankrupt on Tuesday following other closures in what is now an ailing sector. Curator Jan Joost Wittekamp was not available for comment but rising production costs caused by high energy prices are probably at the bottom of it, the Financieele Dagblad said. The ‘biggest vertical farm in Europe,’ as it advertised …

Farm Vertical

1 year, 10 months ago

Vertical farm pioneer toppled by rising energy costs

Dutch News

Vertical horticulture pioneer Future Crops in Poeldijk was declared bankrupt on Tuesday following other closures in what is now an ailing sector. Curator Jan Joost Wittekamp was not available for comment but rising production costs caused by high energy prices are probably at the bottom of it, the Financieele Dagblad said. The ‘biggest vertical farm in Europe,’ as it advertised …

Farm Vertical

1 year, 11 months ago

The Netherlands is now home to over 2.3 million businesses

NL Times

The number of companies in the Netherlands grew further last year. According to the Chamber of Commerce, the number of companies went from almost 2.2 million at the beginning of last year to more than 2.3 million at the end of 2022. On January 1 of this year, 17 percent of the employed labor force were independent entrepreneurs without employees. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

The Netherlands generated 15 percent more sustainable energy this year

NL Times

The Netherlands generated nearly one-sixth more renewable energy this year than in 2021, saving about 1,6 billion cubic meters of gas, according to Energieopwek, which tracks green energy production. There are now 2 million homes equipped with solar panels, compared to 1,5 million last year. 41 percent of the energy consumed in the Netherlands is now generated sustainably, compared to …

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2 years ago

Netherlands population to hit 20.7 million by 2070

NL Times

The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next 50 years, mainly due to immigration and a longer lifespan. Over the past years, the Dutch population mainly grew through foreign migration, and that will likely remain the case, CBS expects. This is especially the case in the coming years - many older people died in the coronavirus …

Population Netherlands Million Number Cbs

2 years ago

Farming isn't doing as well as our GDP data suggests

Live Mint

Despite both rabi and kharif crops not doing better compared to last year, a GVA growth of more than 4.5% is surprising but not unexpected. In fact, in the new series of GDP, it has been the case that the non-crop sector, which accounted for only one-third of total output, accounts for almost three-fourths of the agriculture sector’s total growth. …

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2 years ago

Netherlands still losing forests faster than planting them

NL Times

Forests in the Netherlands are still disappearing more quickly than they’re being planted. The Netherlands now has over 6,000 hectares less forest than at the start of the plan, the Court of Audit concluded in a study into forest management. According to the Court of Audit, Staatsbosbeheer, an independent administrative body that manages over a quarter of the forests in …

Netherlands Forests Hectares Provinces Staatsbosbeheer Losing Forest

2 years ago

Green startups in Netherlands now employ 135,000 people; Up 7.6%

NL Times

While tech giants like Meta and Twitter are implementing mass layoffs, Dutch startups focused on innovation in sustainability and energy are taking on more people. The number of jobs at green tech startups in the Netherlands increased by 7.6 percent to 135,000 in the past year, NRC reports based on the Dutch Startup Employment Report 2022. Despite a looming economic …

Dutch Netherlands Startup Startups Green

2 years ago

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration

Dutch News

The Netherlands needs to widen its debate on migration beyond a simple discussion of quotas or risk running into a Brexit-style dead end, D66 parliamentary group leader Jan Paternotte has warned. ‘Meanwhile you see Germany, which has a labour market that looks quite a lot like ours, saying: we actually need more labour migration.’ Paternotte said the debate focused too …

Netherlands Labour Paternotte

2 years ago

D66: Netherlands risks falling into 'Brexit trap' on migration

Dutch News

The Netherlands needs to widen its debate on migration beyond a simple discussion of quotas or risk running into a Brexit-style dead end, D66 parliamentary group leader Jan Paternotte has warned. ‘Meanwhile you see Germany, which has a labour market that looks quite a lot like ours, saying: we actually need more labour migration.’ Paternotte said the debate focused too …

Netherlands Labour Paternotte

2 years ago

Netherlands investing €227 million in sustainable agriculture through 2040

NL Times

Enabling farmers in the Netherlands to be able to transition their businesses to make the sector greener and more sustainable by 2040 is the key factor to the agricultural agreement that the Cabinet wants to conclude with farmers, nature organisations, and other governments and stakeholders. The government also wants to make agreements with the fifty largest nitrogen polluters in the …

Nature Farmers Agreement Cabinet Peak Nitrogen Pas

2 years, 2 months ago

Big fat farm weddings

New Indian Express

Critics contend that this can take “autonomy away from farmers and consumers”, and hand it over to those “who write and structure the code for these digital agreements”. Farm and food MNCs are under socio-economic threat due to backlash from growers and consumers, thanks to “trust issues”. Land grabs in the global South may accelerate as firms use Big Data …

Food Farm

2 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet has unrealistically high expectations for farmer buy-out scheme: Planning Office

NL Times

The government’s high expectations of its new buyout scheme of 7.4 billion euros to close farms are “unrealistic.” The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency came to this conclusion in a report published on Monday. “Based on an analysis of 25 years of termination schemes, the PBL concludes that full spending of the budget in the period up to 2030 is hardly …

Livestock Cabinet Pbl Termination Scheme Termination Schemes

2 years, 3 months ago

World's largest locally-owned onshore wind farm opens in Zeewolde

NL Times

The largest onshore wind farm in the Netherlands opened in Zeewolde on Friday. The wind farm has 83 wind turbines owned by over 200 farmers and other local residents. Onshore wind farms often provoke resistance from locals. Other wind farms in which locals participate are often partly owned by companies, such as the Krammer wind farm on the border of …

Wind Farm Zeewolde

2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch fisheries will shrink considerably in the coming years

NL Times

The Dutch commercial fishing fleet will shrink by 10 to 15 percent over the next five years. The new distribution of fishing rights means that many fishermen are no longer allowed to catch as many fish as before Brexit. ABN Amro also expects purchasing power to have a negative impact on the demand for fish at the end of this …

Brexit Fishermen Fishing Dutch Fish

2 years, 5 months ago

More Netherlands residents switching jobs due to staff shortages

NL Times

The number of people starting a new job increased significantly in the past year, likely pushed by staff shortages. In the first quarter of 2022, over 1.9 million workers started their job less than 12 months ago. While the number of workers with a new job increased, there were fewer people who had their current job for between one and …

Netherlands Staff Shortages Switching Job

2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch Farm Protests: Govt Plans To Cut Down On Emissions Faces Fierce Backlash

News 18

Bales of hay lie burning along Dutch highways. Unveiling a map detailing nitrogen reduction targets last month, the Dutch government called it an “unavoidable transition.” It said the coming year would finally bring clarity for Dutch farmers, “whether and how they can continue with their business. We anyhow have to wait for decades for nature to improve seriously.” Farmers have …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Big cities to push Dutch population growth in coming years

NL Times

It is especially in the large and medium-sized cities that the population will continue to grow in the coming years, according to researchers from Statistics Netherlands and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The researchers expect almost 70 percent of the population growth to happen in municipalities with 100,000 inhabitants or more. “They are also a major attraction for immigrants, including …

Growth Cities Researchers Municipalities Expect Grow Dutch Population

2 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why are Dutch farmers protesting over emissions?

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Farmers protested around the Netherlands as lawmakers voted Tuesday on proposals to slash emissions of damaging pollutants, a plan that will likely force farmers to cut their livestock herds or stop work altogether. The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must be drastically reduced close to nature areas that are part …

Dutch Netherlands Farmers Protest Emissions Lto Nitrogen Oxide

2 years, 6 months ago

Dividing bigger homes could create 500,000 new ones in Netherlands

NL Times

Dividing existing homes in the Netherlands could create up to or more than half a million additional independent homes, according to a housing market analysis by BLG Wonen, a subsidiary of the Volksbank. BLG calculated how many owner-occupied homes with a usable surface of over 150 square meters or a plot of 750 square meters are occupied by two or …

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