A group of 51 Dutch farmers successfully took the government of the Netherlands to court over its urgent plan to reduce phosphate production. A mixture of dairy, organic dairy and beef farmers argued that the initiative, which would see them force to sell their “surplus cows”, was disproportionately unfair on their businesses, which was upheld by the judge on 4 May. See also: Dutch dairy cull plan agreed by EU The Netherlands are four months into an urgent plan to save […]
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