Warm remediation still in the refrigerator

There is still no clarity about the warm remediation of pig farming. There will be more clarity about this in early 2018. That is what Carola Schouten said on Thursday 7 December in the debate on the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV).

For the warm remediation of pig farming, in the coalition agreement €200 million has been made available from the Rutte III cabinet. Schouten says he cannot yet say definitively how the money will be used.

Fear of displacement
Coalition parties are afraid that pigs that disappear from the south of the Netherlands and return to another location. They are also afraid that the empty stables will be filled with goats, which makes it easier for Q fever to spread.

Schouten: "Prime Minister Rutte said earlier that it is not the intention for pigs to return to another place. But it is not yet clear exactly how we can prevent this. I want a sustainable, lasting solution in consultation with the municipalities. can already make use of it by taking a directive action."

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