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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
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Farmers warn rising beef prices and regulations threaten farms and food affordability
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Offshore wind farm
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Possible D66 victory sparks optimism among environmental groups
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Extinction Rebellion protesters at Eindhoven Airport, March 2023.
Politics
Right to protest under threat, activists say ahead of days-long protest blocking A12
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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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Netherlands promises stricter nitrogen rules as nature continues to deteriorate
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An advertisement for the Boer Burger Beweging (BBB) political party on a farm ahead of the 2023 election. March 2023
Politics
Climate groups see potential to work with BBB; Farmers want flags right side up again
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Farmers protest on Malieveld in The Hague, 1 October 2019
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Hague mayor threatens to use military gear to keep rival climate, farmer protests in check
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Farmers dump hay bales and soil on Dutch roads to protest against the government's nitrogen policy, 27 July 2022
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Farmers must comply with stricter EU fertilizer rules earlier; Some farmers furious
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An inverted Dutch flag and a sign reading, "The nitrogen policy sucks, please get your things from the neighbors," in Broek in Waterland about opposition to the nitrogen policy. 30 June 2022
Politics
Cabinet ready to buy out peak nitrogen emitters for 120% of the company's value
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Pig farm
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More nitrogen polluters to be targeted; Most farmers claim no negative influence on environment
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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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Farmers call forced buyouts of 600 large nitrogen emitters "unacceptable," "no-go"
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A tractor along the N307 in Dronten, Flevoland. July 3, 2020
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Cabinet stands firm on 50% nitrogen emissions reduction by 2030
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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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Hundreds of farmers protest along La Vuelta course in Woudenberg
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The Jumbo-Visma cycling team is presented to the crowd before the start of La Vuelta in Utrecht. 18 Aug. 2022
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Vuelta returns to Netherlands with time trial tonight; Many farmers to protest during race tomorrow
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An inverted Dutch flag and a sign reading, "The nitrogen policy sucks, please get your things from the neighbors," in Broek in Waterland about opposition to the nitrogen policy. 30 June 2022
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Dutch farmers group calls off "hardest demonstrations" in goodwill gesture to Cabinet
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Farming
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Weakening nitrogen measures disastrous for nature: Greenpeace
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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
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Mark Rutte
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PM Rutte says he can't take away farmers' concerns; Meeting with mediator today
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Rijkswaterstaat cleaning up asbestos-containing waste that farmers dumped on the A1 toward Amersfoort, 28 July 2022
Politics
Farmers' highway protest life-threatening and unacceptable: Dutch PM
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Tractors block the on- and off-ramps of the A28 near Beilen, 4 July 2022
Business
Farmers call for 15 minute general strike in the Netherlands today
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Farmers protest on Malieveld in The Hague, 1 October 2019
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Farmers threaten to protest at Dutch airports; Police claim "attempted manslaughter" in earlier violence
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Tractor spraying pesticide on crops
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Farmers demonstrate in many places, dump straw bale at minister's house
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Tractors leaving Den Haag after a farmers' protest, 16 Oct 2019
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Dutch to cut nitrogen levels by up to 70% in many areas; Tractor protest set for June 22
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Tractors leaving Den Haag after a farmers' protest, 16 Oct 2019
CrimePolitics
Official: We "failed" to keep tractors off highways during "grim" protests
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Farmers protest on Malieveld in The Hague, 1 October 2019
Business
Dutch farmers announce new protest 'somewhere in Randstad' next week