The number of cows, bulls and calves in the Netherlands decreased by 3 percent this year to 3.8 million, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday based on the provisional figures from the Agricultural Census. "That is really extremely beneficial for the nitrogen dossier",Cor Pierik, agricultural economist at Statistics Netherlands, said to RTL Nieuws.
Goats
Oct 17 '16 13:25
Some 300 Q-fever patients are suing the Dutch government for compensation. They feel the government waited too long to take action after the disease broke out on a goat farm in Herpen, Brabant in 2007. The trial starts in the court in The Hague today
Feb 11 '14 06:59
The first day of Q-fever examinations has begun in Herpen, which has drawn a large number of people to get their blood tested.
Feb 4 '14 10:10
In the Frisian village of Mirns, hundreds of goats and three horses perished in a barn fire.
