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Dutch agriculture
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Pig farming is back in the Dutch agricultural debate alongside a report from Nieuwe Oogst noting that the sector's overall financial resilience masks large differences between individual farms. While average figures suggest agriculture is holding up, the reality varies widely, with some livestock farmers under far more financial pressure than the averages imply.
- 2Dutch cattle farmers switch to rice as climate shifts●‘Thrilling’: Dutch cattle farmers switch to # rice as solution to warmer # climate and sinking # peatlands https://www.
Dutch cattle farmers are turning to rice cultivation as a response to a warmer climate and sinking peatlands in the Netherlands. Drained peat soil used for grazing is degrading and releasing carbon, and rice is being trialled as a wetter, more sustainable crop. Observers have described the development as thrilling, seeing it as a striking example of farming adapting to climate change.
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ABN Amro reports that the liquidity position of Dutch dairy farmers is stabilising, according to analysis highlighted by Sterke Erven. The bank's assessment suggests financial pressure on dairy farms may be easing after a difficult period of rising costs and uncertainty. Farmers, lenders and the wider agricultural sector are closely watching the bank's outlook for the sector's finances.