Machinery
Lemken opens mechanical crop care factory and forum
Traditional soil cultivation, as catered for by Lemken and others, has centred around the disruption of the soil structure to...
Netherlands
N.Ireland
Large Dutch Claas dealer quits selling farm machinery
A major Dutch dealer has decided to stop selling farm machinery in the face of uncertainties within the agricultural sector...
Agri-Business
1,800 jobs to be cut a major global dairy cooperative
Global dairy cooperative, FrieslandCampina has confirmed that it intends to lower costs by reducing over 1,800 jobs worldwide over the...
Agri-Business
Dutch farmers hit by water shortages due to drought
Farmers in parts of the Netherlands have been restricted from using water to irrigate their crops due to an ongoing...
Agri-Business
Video: Dutch police fire shots during farmer tractor protest
Police in the Netherlands have confirmed that a number of shots were fired during a tractor protest in the north...
Dairy
Robotic milking ‘helps breed trouble-free cows’ – study
Fluctuations in milk yield measured by milking robots can be used to breed cows that can cope well with problems,...
Dairy
Proposed Dutch dairy cull could help to maintain EU milk prices
Farm lobby groups are putting pressure on the Dutch government to introduce a cow culling policy, which would see up...
