TheDairySite Latest News: Netherlands
18 April 2018

NETHERLANDS - Earlier this week, FrieslandCampina announced that it will accelerate and further expedite its purpose driven strategy "nourishing by nature" with an even stronger commitment to sustainability....
11 April 2018

NETHERLANDS - Campina celebrated the start of the farmer season with the first outdoor grazing at the farm of farmer Niels in Leusden on Monday 9 April. ...
21 March 2018

NETHERLANDS - Spring officially started yesterday, 20 March. For many years, the FrieslandCampina brand Campina has celebrated the start of the farmers’ season with the first time of outdoor grazing of the year on this day....
08 March 2018

NETHERLANDS - Women play an important role in agriculture, including dairy farming. At many dairy farms, women are responsible for important tasks in and around the house and shed, such as feeding, rearing young stock, milking, cleaning and/or bookkeeping....
06 March 2018

NETHERLANDS - The number of dairy farmers participating in the Solar programme of FrieslandCampina and opting for solar panels has increased from 310 to 654. With this, the number of solar panels is doubled to over 800,000 which equals the surface of...
27 February 2018

NETHERLANDS - Revenues of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. increased by 10.1 per cent to €12.1 billion in 2017. This is primarily due to higher sales prices and the inclusion of Engro Foods in Pakistan in the consolidated statements....
03 January 2018

NETHERLANDS - Amersfoort-based FrieslandCampina, one of the world’s largest dairy co-ops, has said it will probably trim 150 jobs in the Netherlands, the Financieele Dagblad said, citing an internal company memo....
21 December 2017

NETHERLANDS - FrieslandCampina sees the number of its member dairy farmers putting their cows out into the meadows grow for the second year in a row. ...
11 December 2017

NETHERLANDS - Dutch type cheeses, notably edam and gouda, are made using complex starter cultures, that have been employed for centuries. Due to changes in strain composition within a culture, the quality frequently fluctuates. ...
04 October 2017

NETHERLANDS - The first roof with solar panels was delivered in the framework of the Solar programme of FrieslandCampina at the Elshof dairy farm in Oldetrijne (Friesland, the Netherlands) on Friday 29 September 2017. ...
15 September 2017

NETHERLANDS - It has been made known that Henk Kamp, the Minister of Economic Affairs, has granted €130 million SDE+ subsidy to Cooperative Jumpstart for the installation of 103 manure monofermentation systems at dairy farms. ...
11 September 2017

NETHERLANDS - On Wednesday (6 September), the construction work for the new distribution centre for dairy company FrieslandCampina in Meppel officially started by driving the first pile. ...
25 August 2017

NETHERLANDS - Henk Kamp, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, granted over €200 million SDE+ subsidy for the installation of solar panels at the roofs of FrieslandCampina member dairy farms. ...
22 August 2017

NETHERLANDS - The price of dairy products in the Netherlands has soared 10 per cent over the past year – the highest increase in 10 years – the national statistics office CBS said at the weekend....
01 August 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for August 2017 is €38.50 per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price increases by €1.25 compared to the guaranteed price for July (€37.25). ...
27 June 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for July 2017 is €37.25 per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price increases by €0.50 compared to the guaranteed price for June (€36.75)....
30 May 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for June 2017 is €36.75 per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price increases by €0.75 compared to the guaranteed price for May (€36.00). ...
25 April 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for organic raw milk for May 2017 is €49.00. The organic guaranteed price for May increases by €1.00 compared to April (€48.00)....
28 March 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for organic raw milk for April 2017 is €48.00. The organic guaranteed price for April increases by €0.75 compared to March (47.25)....
06 March 2017

NETHERLANDS - FrieslandCampina reports that the company's profit in 2016 increased by 5.5 per cent to 362 million euros in comparison to the previous year...
01 March 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for March 2017 is €36.00 per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price increases with €1.00 compared to February (35.00). ...
24 February 2017

NETHERLANDS - FrieslandCampina implemented a temporary standstill on 9 January 2017. This measure was taken in the run-up to the phosphate reduction plan aimed at preventing milk supply from increasing in relation to the year 2016. ...
23 February 2017

NETHERLANDS - Since 7 February 2017, FrieslandCampina has made use of biogas in its plant in Borculo for generating steam used for the production of milk powder and ingredients for infant nutrition....
31 January 2017

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for February 2017 is €35.00 per 100 kilogrammes of milk. The guaranteed price increases with €0.50 compared to January (34.50). ...
30 January 2017

NETHERLANDS - The Taskforce Circular Economy in Food, launched during the National Food Summit in the Netherlands, aims to prevent and reduce food waste and become an international frontrunner in the valorisation of agrifood residual streams. ...
26 January 2017

NETHERLANDS - FrieslandCampina has announced plans to continue its partnership with the Dutch Red Cross for the next three years. ...
30 December 2016

NETHERLANDS - The Members’ Council of FrieslandCampina supports the intended phosphate reduction plan for the dairy sector that is expected to come into force in March 2017. ...

NETHERLANDS - The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for organic raw milk for January 2017 is €48.00. The organic guaranteed price for January decreases with €1.50 compared to December (49.50)....