Ministry of Agriculture

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The exterior of Eindhoven Airport in 2015
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Rotterdam and Eindhoven airports ordered to obtain nature permits
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Inspectors from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority seize protected taxidermy animals during a nationwide wildlife crime operation in Brabant on Dec. 11, 2025.
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Netherlands seizes over 90 illegal taxidermy animals in global wildlife crime operation
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White and brown eggs laying in egg carton on sackcloth
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Bird flu outbreaks tighten Dutch egg supply as prices keep climbing
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Chickens
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Avian flu hits Friesland and Gelderland, 281,000 chickens culled
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Backyard chickens
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Ministry of Agriculture orders all poultry to be kept indoors amid bird flu spike
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Femke Wiersma
Politics
Agriculture Minister says she didn't abuse her power by withholding critical report
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Agriculture
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Stricter fertilizer regulations for farmers in Brabant and Limburg starting 2026
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Cows in a barn
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No foot-and-mouth disease found in cattle imported from Brandenburg
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
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Controversial educational materials tied to Dutch livestock industry
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Pigs on truck.
PoliticsNature
Lawsuit to stop Dutch farmers amputating piglets' tails
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Pigs at a meat plant
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More farmers willing to be bought out under new nitrogen scheme than expected
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One-day old chickens
HealthNature
The Netherlands starts bird flu vaccination trial on newly-hatched chicks
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A farm in Ommeren, Gelderland
CrimePolitics
Ministry warns farmers and landowners about agricultural subsidy scams
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A section of brain from a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy showing spongy tissue with microscopic holes. September 2000
HealthPolitics
Dutch mad cow disease case concerns variant that is less dangerous for humans
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Photo taken with a light microscope showing spongiform degeneration, the holes or vacuoles in the cerebral cortex of a patient who had died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. June 2022
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Mad cow disease found on a farm in the Netherlands
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Chickens at a poultry farm
HealthTechNature
More than 100,000 chickens culled after bird flu outbreak in Alkmaar
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
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Cabinet considering €17 billion plan to buy out, seize farms to reduce nitrogen emissions: Report
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Turkeys
HealthTechNature
Bird flu outbreak on turkey farm in Weert, thousands of turkeys and hens culled
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Calf
PoliticsBusiness
Netherlands plans on drastic changes in calf farming
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Mark Rutte
Politics
New Dutch gov't starts to take form: PM Rutte to have three Deputy Prime Ministers