N.Ireland
20 NI farmers visit The Netherlands to explore innovations
The College of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has led a farm innovation visit of 20 Northern Irish farmers...
The Netherlands
Rural Life
Watch: Cow dance ‘koeiendans’ marks springtime in Netherlands
Every spring, Dutch people flock to their local farms to watch ‘the dance of the cows’ (koeiendans), which occurs when...
Dairy
Dutch dairy farmers to get extra ‘cash payment’ from FrieslandCampina
FrieslandCampina intends to pay its dairy farmers a “supplementary cash payment” after the Dutch co-op’s operating profit soared to €527...
Environment
Greenpeace wins nitrogen legal case against Netherlands
A court in the Hague has ruled in favour of Greenpeace in their landmark legal battle against the Dutch state,...
Agri-Business
FrieslandCampina to merge with Milcobel to form major co-op
Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina and Belgian company Milcobel have announced their intention to merge aimed at creating a leading dairy...
Agri-Business
€700m Dutch scheme approved for farmers to close livestock sites
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €700 million Dutch scheme to compensate farmers for voluntarily...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Video – going organic with Steketee in Holland
Any notions that organic farmers are somewhat detached from the mainstream and place idealism above sound business sense are soon...
Agri-Business
Video: Dutch police fire shots during farmer tractor protest
Police in the Netherlands have confirmed that a number of shots were fired during a tractor protest in the north...
Dairy
Dairy throwback: Keeping labour to a minimum and automation to a maximum
Today we will take a look back at one of the Dutch dairy farms AgriLand had the privilege of visiting...
Around 400 tractors descend on Dutch capital to protest ‘negative image’
Some 400 tractors have gathered in The Hague – the political capital of the Netherlands – to protest the “negative...
Dairy
Dutch dairy farmers paid more to produce milk from grazed grass
Dutch dairy farmers could see the payment for milk produced from grazed grass increase as FrieslandCampina plan to rise its...
Beef
Three EU countries now cleared to export beef to the US
The Netherlands has been cleared to export beef to the US market, making it the third EU country after Ireland...
Dairy
Dutch dairy expansion could be curtailed by new phosphate limits
The Dutch government recently introduced new phosphate limits which have dairy farmers in the country concerned. The new measures mean...
