From now on, ASR will only lease agricultural land that is managed sustainably. This means that tenants are obliged to make their farms more sustainable, to extensify their construction plan or to apply agricultural nature management. The insurer already did this on a voluntary basis, but this is now becoming a strict requirement. This does not apply to current contracts.
ASR itself speaks of an acceleration of the sustainability transition and sees scope for this. This is because the efforts of farmers on a voluntary basis through a rent discount can count on enthusiasm. In this way, ASR wants to take its responsibility in the agricultural transition. The goal for 2024 was to spend 20% of the portfolio sustainably and this goal has already been achieved. Although sustainability efforts will now become an obligation, the 5% to 10% discount on the ground rent will remain intact.
The goal is to scale up to at least 2026% sustainably managed agricultural land within ASR's lease portfolio, which covers 30 hectares, by 38.500. This makes them one of the top three largest lease providers of agricultural land in the Netherlands.
Pools and field edges
When it comes to sustainable land use, ASR is thinking of creating ponds, field edges or other landscape elements. The extensification of the construction plan also comes into play. The costs of developing agricultural elements are not entirely borne by the farmer, a spokesperson indicates. "We are working together with our tenants on this."
The spokesperson emphasizes that the sustainability requirement only applies to new lease agreements entered into with farmers. The current lease contracts, sometimes with a term of several decades, remain intact.
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And making money comes last
I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
Registering against each other when farmers did, doesn't matter. The municipality here has similar conditions that go even further and those plots are nevertheless rented out very normally for world prices (1-year lease!). In fact, each person may only register for a maximum of 2 plots. And the conditions are actually checked for output. Don't be under any illusion, those asr plots are also selling out for huge rents.
I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
Peter wrote:"Kilometers of plot edges unused". Sounds logical, but I think the balance of headlands and field edges is zero in a financial sense. Do the math. converted per hectare at least 10 tons/ha lower yield of potatoes and onions. And the rule is that the input - fertilization, GBM, labor - is considerably higher. Instead of it being disastrous that plot edges remain unused, the opposite seems true to me. It does not make sense to use all kinds of input on plot edges.I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
bio+ wrote:You are still left with the edge of the plot and the headboard. Even if you move it by sowing a green strip for which you receive a subsidy and are therefore not allowed to use it for driving, turning... I don't understand your reasoning.Peter wrote:"Kilometers of plot edges unused". Sounds logical, but I think the balance of headlands and field edges is zero in a financial sense. Do the math. converted per hectare at least 10 tons/ha lower yield of potatoes and onions. And the rule is that the input - fertilization, GBM, labor - is considerably higher. Instead of it being disastrous that plot edges remain unused, the opposite seems true to me. It does not make sense to use all kinds of input on plot edges.I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
Peter wrote:"Kilometers of plot edges unused". Sounds logical, but I think the balance of headlands and field edges is zero in a financial sense. Do the math. converted per hectare at least 10 tons/ha lower yield of potatoes and onions. And the rule is that the input - fertilization, GBM, labor - is considerably higher. Instead of it being disastrous that plot edges remain unused, the opposite seems true to me. It does not make sense to use all kinds of input on plot edges.I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
Kris.bonte1@telenet.be wrote:It's pure theft with those buffer strips. If you had 80 hectares, you now only have 77 hectares. If you want to compensate for that, you need at least EUR 300000, which means it has been stolen. And yes, those headlands are now more inward, so count your profit. Handy with ditches, that's once a year and edge mowing twice a year. That's great.bio+ wrote:You are still left with the edge of the plot and the headboard. Even if you move it by sowing a green strip for which you receive a subsidy and are therefore not allowed to use it for driving, turning... I don't understand your reasoning.Peter wrote:"Kilometers of plot edges unused". Sounds logical, but I think the balance of headlands and field edges is zero in a financial sense. Do the math. converted per hectare at least 10 tons/ha lower yield of potatoes and onions. And the rule is that the input - fertilization, GBM, labor - is considerably higher. Instead of it being disastrous that plot edges remain unused, the opposite seems true to me. It does not make sense to use all kinds of input on plot edges.I once heard someone claim 25 years ago that withdrawing valuable agricultural land from agriculture is disastrous, it was about the island of Tiengemeten. We now leave kilometers of plot edges unused (withdrawn from agriculture), plots fallow or sown for whatever bird/biodiversity mixture (withdrawn from agriculture). And we consider almost everything normal for that gold medal (let's continue to communicate in an Olympic manner). We will also find ASR's ideas normal in a number of years, regardless of absurd land prices.
