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Monday, February 22, 2021
Dutch university starts two-year project to using enrichment materials on pig farms
Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands has started a two-year project - called "Pig Enrichment" - to promote the effective use of enrichment materials on more pig farms.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Dutch feed startup Protix raises US$18.8 million
Netherlands-based startup Protix, which farms the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) for use in livestock and aquaculture feed, has raised EUR 15.5 million (~US$18.8 million; EUR 1 = US$1.21) in a new round of funding led by Aqua-Spark, ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
De Heus takes over Dutch poultry slaughterhouses from Van Miert
Royal De Heus has recently signed a conditional agreement for the complete acquisition of poultry slaughterhouses from Van Miert Breukelen and Mieki Hunsel.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Spain's import of Dutch piglets increases while those from Germany fall
Spain's import of piglets from the Netherlands has grown by +17% while imports of German piglets have dropped.
Monday, December 21, 2020
FrieslandCampina to produce Dutch Campina products using power generated by co-op farmers
More of FrieslandCampina's member dairy farmers have become 'energy suppliers' as they generate sustainable energy by means of solar panels, windmills or manure mono-fermentation, the Dutch dairy cooperative said.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Agrifirm-managed Dutch consortium working on sustainable swine farming in China
A consortium of 12 Dutch companies has started the development of an innovative, responsible and animal-friendly growth model for the swine farming sector in China.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Taiwan bans imports of Dutch live poultry
Taiwan has imposed a ban on Dutch live poultry imports after removing the Netherlands from a list of countries free from highly pathogenic avian influenza, Focus Taiwan reported.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Big Dutchman commissions composting tower in Vietnam
Big Dutchman has successfully installed and commissioned for its customer a new vertical manure composting tower called CompoTower in Vietnam.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Dutch poultry farmers keep their birds indoors after swan bird flu infections
Dutch poultry farmers complied with a government order to keep their birds indoors following a case of bird flu detected among two dead swans, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Wageningen University & Research publishes study on future of Dutch dairy farming
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has published the results of a study conducted for Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Dutch minister presented carton representing Netherlands' billionth litre of sustainable milk
Carola Schouten, the Netherlands' Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, has recently met with dairy farmers and producers to express her support for "On the way to PlanetProof," an international environmental quality m ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Dutch chicken farm 'awarded' by animal rights group for deceptive food marketing
A chicken farm under the ownership of Kloeke Kip -- a chicken producer from Grubbevorst, the Netherlands, that claims to breed stress-free birds -- had been 'awarded' for deceptive food marketing during an annual contest organised by animal ...
Monday, October 5, 2020
ForFarmers: Subsidy for cyber security cooperative in Dutch agricultural sector
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has selected a cyber security cooperative in the agricultural sector -- of which ForFarmers is the founder -- for the Cyber resilience 2020 subsidy, ForFarmers announced last month.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Dutch study finds Salmonella at broiler farms can be passed to humans via meat consumption
In a recent study, two agencies in the Netherlands have looked at the prevalence of selected pathogens in chickens for meat production.
Friday, August 21, 2020
Measures to ban Dutch farmers from adding more proteins to animal feed canceled
Measures, that would prevent Dutch farmers from adding more proteins to animal feed, have been scrapped by the Netherlands' agriculture minister, sources in the Hague told newspaper AD.

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