TheDairySite Latest News: Netherlands
23 June 2022

Emission reductions need to reach between 12 and 70% ...
22 June 2022

Farmers are expected to reduce livestock numbers by 30%...
21 June 2022
14 June 2022

Farmers to protest a proposed 30% reduction in livestock numbers...
28 March 2022

Pilot project with DSM's feed additive Bovaer at 200 FrieslandCampina dairy farms...
11 March 2022

The company won 3 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals...
23 December 2021
21 December 2021

The main impact of the greening of agricultural policy will be a smaller livestock sector...
09 December 2021

The first sniffer has been installed on a dairy farm in the Netherlands this week. It was a great moment for researcher Yvette de Haas. This farm is one of the 100 farms on which methane and CO2 concentrations will be recorded over the next two years....
07 December 2021

Given the negative consequences of clinical mastitis, unravelling genetic variants underlying in this trait has been a prime interest for animal breeders....
24 November 2021
30 October 2021

Emerging data from Wageningen University & Research and Wakker Dier show that per capita meat consumption in the Netherlands fell during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
27 October 2021

Emerging research presented at the Plastic Health Summit in Amsterdam shows that microplastics have been found in the bloodstream of pigs and cattle. ...
18 October 2021

The latest report from the Dutch Agrifood Monitor indicates that environmental and social sustainability will become more important for consumers. ...
14 October 2021

A qualitative assessment carried out by Wageningen University Research (WUR) has found that the European Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork strategies have diverse and uncertain impacts on farm income. ...
13 October 2021

New research from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets shows that the price premium on sustainably-produced goods remains the biggest challenge in transitioning to sustainable agriculture. ...
30 September 2021

Researcher Sjaak Wolfert, speaking as part of the Mansholt Lecture series in Brussels, has given key insights into the digitalization of agriculture and the potential impacts of this technological leap forward. ...
07 September 2021

Grazing large herbivores can be an effective way to prevent and mitigate wildfires, especially in areas facing land abandonment. ...
01 September 2021

Wageningen University's Agro Confidence survey shows that farmers are less confident about their medium-term prospects than they were previously. ...
30 August 2021

Trouw Nutrition and Wageningen University are strengthening their collaborative efforts to accelerate research and innovation into sustainable livestock production. ...
24 July 2021

Wageningen University & Research and its African partners are have opened living labs across East Africa to bolster sustainable innovations in the food system....
20 July 2021

Under the right conditions, income from taxes on meat products that is returned to livestock farmers by the government can make the livestock farming sector more sustainable, according to a new study from Wageningen University....
12 July 2021

Cows exhale the strong greenhouse gas methane. One of the possible ways to limit methane emissions from cows is by feeding them the seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis. ...
07 July 2021

Much effort is being made within the Dutch livestock sector to reduce ammonia and methane emissions. But, how do you measure these emissions? How do we know what the current concentrations are? And, even more to the point, how can you measure emissions...
06 July 2021

Establishing the sustainability of nutrient cycles in agriculture is nuanced and complex - it can't be reduced to truisms like "smaller is better". ...
04 June 2021

Insect proteins offer the best of both worlds: extremely sustainable and great quality protein, according to a Maastricht University study. ...
27 April 2021

Wageningen University is leading a new initiative to create global online database with animal production data from all over the world as to better understand the role of animals in sustainable food systems. ...
16 April 2021

The Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam, with a two Michelin star chef and rooms starting at $700, initially balked at the idea of offering burgers for delivery. Then reality hit....