Free Republic

Following earlier reports in NRC, the Ministry of Finance has released calculations by officials about the consequences of nitrogen measures. According to the newspaper, this shows that in a targeted buyout, 11,200 farms may have to stop and 17,600 farmers have to partially reduce their livestock. According to NRC, the documents show a clear political choice. The calculations would show a lower nitrogen could have been chosen for agriculture. That goal must be supplemented with the contribution of industry, aviation and other sectors...