Dutch farmers

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Potatoes
Business
Nearly 40% fall in potato prices cuts Dutch farmers’ earnings by more than 10%
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusiness
Farmers warn rising beef prices and regulations threaten farms and food affordability
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch ombudsman launches review of farmers’ struggles amid shifting government policies
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Potatoes
Business
Record harvest and leftover stock drive Dutch potato prices to collapse
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
Business
Dutch farmers getting younger; One in ten now under 40
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
South Holland farmers reject nitrogen plan, say agriculture unfairly targeted
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
PoliticsBusiness
Council of States ruling could be trouble for farmers buy-out scheme
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Vegetables
BusinessFood
Vegetable and fruit harvest better than expected after concerns about wet spring
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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
PoliticsBusiness
Farmers in Brabant must adapt their stables to nitrogen emission regulations
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Potatoes
BusinessNature
Rain and water mold threaten to damage Dutch potato harvest in the long term
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Rotterdam The Hague Airport
PoliticsBusinessNature
Schiphol Group buys nitrogen environment rights for Rotterdam The Hague Airport
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Dutch and Belgian farmers block the border crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium, 2024.
Politics
Border crossing with Belgium still closed due to farmers' protest
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Politics
N. Brabant government approves budget; Will build new village to fight housing shortage
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Person saving money in piggy bank
Politics
Gelderland invests € 6mil. in innovations for farmers, but money runs out fast
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A farm in Ommeren, Gelderland
CrimePolitics
Ministry warns farmers and landowners about agricultural subsidy scams
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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
PoliticsBusiness
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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Police deploy road closures to prevent FDF protesters from entering the The Hague's city center with their tractors; March 11, 2023.
Politics
FDF demonstrators leave Zuiderpark in The Hague
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Police deploy road closures to prevent FDF protesters from entering the The Hague's city center with their tractors; March 11, 2023.
Politics
Thousands of demonstrators at FDF demonstration at Zuiderpark in The Hague; one arrested
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2015_0406_Ras_patat_Oorlog_Zandvoort
Business
French fries become more expensive due to price increase of Dutch potatoes
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Cabinet considering €17 billion plan to buy out, seize farms to reduce nitrogen emissions: Report
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A tractor along the N307 in Dronten, Flevoland. July 3, 2020
PoliticsBusiness
Farmers' protests at supermarket distribution centers causing congestions
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Milk cow
Business
Nearly 86 pct of Dutch farms disappeared between 1950 and 2016
BusinessPolitics
Despite Russia, surplus food not getting to food banks