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'Stop soil leads to more arable farming area'
ABN Amro expects that agricultural land that becomes available due to livestock farmers who are participating in the Lbv and Lbv+ who are ceasing their activities will lead to an increase in the arable farming area in 2026.
A sector report published today indicates that the stopper scheme can have a positive effect on arable farmers, because extra agricultural land becomes available for growing crops, provided that the soil types are suitable for this. The number of hectares involved is not further specified. Although several livestock farmers have already stopped, the bank believes that this will only lead to an increase in the arable area next year.
This expectation is not entirely new. The general expectation is that many farmers who stop farming will (partly) retain the land after the stables have been demolished. However, ABN Amro is one of the first to speak out loud that the stoppers scheme will probably lead to a larger arable farming area in our country.
Volume decline coming
A total of 1.578 livestock farmers have registered for the termination schemes, according to the most recent data from RVO. The majority of these (573 companies) are pig farmers, followed by dairy farmers (447 companies) and poultry farmers (243 companies). The scheme will cause a significant drop in volume in the animal sectors, ABN Amro expects. Furthermore, the bank notes that the fall of the cabinet is extremely unfortunate in terms of timing due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding nitrogen.
Wouter Job
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