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Hay bales arranged along the La Vuelta 2022 course spell out "SOS Dutch farmers" on Aug. 20, 2022.
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Dutch farmers gear up for new protests against nitrogen rules
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Farmers protest on the A12 near Veenendaal - protesters set a fire next to the highway and blocked the road with tractors, 5 February 2024
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Dutch cabinet prepares tougher nitrogen cuts as farmer protest fears return
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Crowds gathered into the early evening at the Hoek van Holland beach in Zuid-Holland on the first summery day of the year. 1 May 2026
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First summer weather day: May 1 follows notably sunny April, drought concerns persist
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Wolf
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Dutch farmers urge radical policy shift to allow wolf culling
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Dockworkers.
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Dutch unions and advocacy groups call for swift Cabinet formation and stable government
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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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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
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Farmers and local authorities propose new plan to break nitrogen emissions deadlock
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Banana plants growing at an agricultural site
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Horticultural growers voice concern about pesticide limits tied to EU water standards
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
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Environmental groups to press charges against farms operating without nitrogen permits
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PVV leader Geert Wilders during a parliamentary debate on 18 January 2022
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Cabinet collapse welcomed by refugee advocates, feared by farmers and energy leaders
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
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South Holland farmers reject nitrogen plan, say agriculture unfairly targeted
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Wolf
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Farmers are facing threats for using subsidies for wolf-related measures
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Wolf
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European Union ambassadors pushing for lowering the wolf's protected status
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FNV Centraal Vakbondshuis in Utrecht
PoliticsBusiness
Unions insist on national early retirement for hard physical labor; Employers hesitant
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Crop dusting - Tractor spraying weed killer on a field in summer
Health
Many Parkinson's cases in Betuwe linked to pesticide use, doctors think
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King Willem-Alexander waves to the crowd during Prinsjesdag 2023, September 19, 2023.
Politics
King's speech criticized for not being bold enough to tackle poverty
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Piet Adema
Politics
Misunderstanding caused collapse of Cabinet's agriculture deal, minister says
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A sign on a Zuid-Holland farm under an upside-down Dutch flag says, "Nitrogen is for letting crops grow, not for punishing the farmers!!!" 21 October 2022
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Landmark agriculture deal collapses; Cabinet to take measures itself
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Piet Adema
Politics
Landmark agriculture deal at risk of collapse after LTO leaves talks
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Piet Adema
PoliticsNature
No breakthrough in sight for Agriculture Agreement after 24 hour-long talks
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Irrigation
PoliticsNature
Agriculture lobby convinced gov't to scrap measures from new water policy
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Henk Staghouwer as Minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality in 2022
Politics
Agriculture minister resigns in first departure from Rutte’s fourth Cabinet
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Johan Remkes shakes hands with Mark Rutte amid talks between the Cabinet and farmers’ organizations. 5 Aug. 2022
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Farmers group pledge 'hardest demonstrations ever' after environment policy meeting
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Johan Remkes shakes hands with Mark Rutte amid talks between the Cabinet and farmers’ organizations. 5 Aug. 2022
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Constructive talks between farmers and Cabinet, but mistrust runs deep