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BoerenNL wants to make farmers' interests sound better
Livestock farmers and arable farmers from all over the country founded BoerenNL on Tuesday evening. This partnership should show politicians, advocates and other parties involved in agriculture, such as banks and valuers, the power of the farmer.
This is what Bertus Doppenberg, one of the co-founders of the group, says. BoerenNL is a self-managing organization, without a permanent board, member register or Chamber of Commerce registration. The club also does not want to compete with other agricultural organizations. Members of LTO, FDF, NMV, DDB, ZLTO as well as NAV and poultry farmers' organizations from all parts of the country were present at the inaugural meeting.
The farmer has the power
"We want to show that we are not going to be fooled and that decisions can be made about us without us. The late Wien van den Brink said: 'Farmers have power over their own future, but then they have to do something for it together' Doppenberg said.
no thug
BoerenNL only wants to express itself peacefully. It does want to show the power of the farmer, but it certainly does not want to be a 'goal gang'. "That's not our style." BoerenNL does want to put an end to the practice that administrators without a mandate decide on the future of farmers based on practice. "Then we come to visit," says Doppenberg.
BoerenenNL does not want forced expropriation and an agricultural and environmental policy based on measurements. Furthermore, as far as BoerenenNL is concerned, interest groups can simply do their thing, provided that the conditions of the farmers in the Netherlands are taken into account.
Dairy farmer René Staal explains the origin of BoerenNL.
Klaas van der Horst
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