Posted on 05/25/2023 4:11:08 AM PDT by george76
The Dutch government continues its war on the country's farmers and has proposed new regulations that would roughly limit two cows per acre in order to reach the European Union's climate change targets by 2030...
The proposal, which has not yet been approved by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, would limit "0.35 hectares of grassland per livestock unit" in an attempt to tackle nitrogen emissions by reducing methane gas, which will place an even greater strain between the country's farmers and Dutch government.
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The Netherlands, which is the second-largest exporter of agricultural products in the entire world, has seen a citizen uprising since the government announced new regulations for the farming industry which includes seizing both farmland and livestock.
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AMSTERDAM: Thousands of Dutch farmers and their supporters gather in front of a sign that reads, “Say no to poverty, tyranny, WHO, and the World Economic Forum.”
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HAPPENING NOW: Dutch farmers are convening for another demonstration. They are reportedly meeting up with three other groups to form a blockade.
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the new proposal which will place a limit on the number of cows came to light through a leaked government document prepared for negotiations between the government and the farmers.
According to the document, the Dutch government says that the livestock sector will need to shrink by 30 percent to reach the target climate change goals, citing data from Wageningen University & Research.
The country has seen mass protests along with the farmers' retaliation against the government, and the minister of agriculture says that the leaked document only damages the ongoing negotiations.
"I am incredibly disappointed that there is a leak. I don't know where it came from, but it is bad because it is not helpful to the process,” minister Piet Ademal said, according to the outlet. "We are still negotiating. Everything is still in motion."
Negotiations began in December and the minister was hoping to reach a deal this month
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Spoke with Hans who explained to me why he came to support the Dutch farmers.
“What’s happening here today will happen in your country tomorrow.”
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The Dutch farmers have been going to war with the government since last spring and have garnered a significant amount of support. The farmers formed their own political party called the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) which has grown to become the largest party in all 12 of the country's provinces.
In March, the BBB triumphed in regional elections as a result of the tractor protests against farm buyouts. The protests received worldwide attention as farmers caravaned in their tractors as they gridlocked the country's roads, threw hay barrels and manure on the roadways, and shut down government buildings.
That’s not functional land use. Politicians are so smart.
GMTA. I’m so damn glad people are finally saying what I’ve been saying for 20 years when I saw how my kids were being “educated” at what I thought was the best school district in the county.
I moved there for the schools. Apparently I was too late. The school administrator who was well known and admired for how he ran such a good system. He retired the first year we were in his district. He told me the top down changes coming from the state made it impossible for him to continue.
Now we need everyone to look at their kids school with a very cautious or perhaps even a jaundiced eye. Forget the notion that public schools are bad, BUT, my kid’s school is different, they’re much better. NO THEY ARE NOT!!! They are just as bad or worse because they’re lying to you.
My granddaughter thought that, even though I have educated her about the teachers tactics. Then at the beginning of this school year that’s winding down, the union decided to strike for more dough. Even though the commie bastards locked down the schools in this state far, far too long.
Public employee strikes are illegal in this so-called state but since we’ve had a dimocRAT supermajority for years, the skids have been greased and there’s no repercussions for illegal strikes. It’s written into our state constitution!
The unions don’t want all the schools to strike all at once, they target districts. Even they know that even with all their power, a statewide strike would cause them damage. One of the targeted districts was, you guessed it, my granddaughter’s district. In the 2 schools where 5 of my great grandchildren attend the “my kid’s good teachers” voted 98% to authorize the illegal strike!!!
Well, that statistic opened my granddaughter’s and husband’s eyes…no more public schools for them. We MUST pass school choice like North Carolina just did with a veto proof majority that has caused their dimocRAT governor to have a nervous breakdown. This is a must, it’s almost too late as it is.
Now all they need to do is limit each district to ONE politician and ONE “lawyer” only. That will help the ozone layer a lot with the flatulence reduction.
That’s twice as many as we have so don’t see the problem other than the government imposing on ranchers.
One cow per acre in the US is pretty standard.
I believe there has been huge riots in the Netherlands over this two cow policy. I think the cops even shot a farmer riding his tractor in protest.
Funny how none of this is reported by US media.
Depends entirely on whether Dairy cows or Beef cattle....and ‘the acres’ available.
Western acreage has areas where it takes 10 +++ acres to support a grazing beef cow.
NOT NATIONWIDE.
You need to see the western land of sage & brush & grass.
May the masses revolt and hang those trying to steal their land and harm their ability to make a living.
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