Minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) is investigating the possibility of looking at various instruments, in addition to broad weather insurance, to manage the risks resulting from extreme weather conditions. The minister wrote this in a letter to parliament on Friday 23 November.
The measures are intended to make entrepreneurs more resilient to the more frequent extreme weather. From the new figures of Wageningen Economic Research (WUR) shows that the income of farmers (as a result of the extreme drought of this summer) has fallen further than originally expected.
"What is regularly mentioned is the possibility to set up a piggy bank with liquid assets (with a bank) for calamities. However, I will also discuss other forms of enhanced cooperation within the sector," says Schouten in the letter† "An important action for all parties is the dissemination of experiences gained in the yard." It will enter into discussions with sector representatives this year to get an idea of the possible measures.
Measures
The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is working together with the business community, the provinces, water boards and insurers on further measures, focusing on a joint multi-year action program 'Climate adaptation agriculture'.
The measures announced by Schouten to broaden the greening requirements for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been definitively approved by the European Commission. Winter crops intended for animal feed may also be regarded as catch crops. This measure applies to the whole of the Netherlands.
Finally, she stands a shorter minimum cultivation period for catch crops. It concerns a period of 6 weeks (instead of 8 weeks). One condition is that a successive winter crop is sown. To make use of the exemption, entrepreneurs must report to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) before 1 December.
Drought 2018
The effect of the drought on income appears to be considerable, as WUR outlines in its preliminary income estimate. The WUR will publish the definitive income estimate on Tuesday 18 December. This will show the impact of the 2018 drought on income. Linda de Bie (WUR) will present during the National Economic Agricultural Congress of Boerenbusiness explain the numbers.
Based on the theme 'the economic health of the sector and the future sustainable revenue model', De Bie examines what the latest figures (in combination with sustainability) mean for your business as a farmer. The focus is on the largest sectors: arable farming, dairy farming and pig farming.
Tickets are available through www.agriculturalcongress.nl† Subscribers of Boerenbusiness can order 2 tickets for free.
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Also on clay, silage maize without sprinkling was nothing.
Grass growth also stopped on clay after the 2th cut
The maize for silage was still going well until the end of June, after which you saw the crop go downhill.
Plots that we have irrigated 3x from the 2rd week of June and from flowering (total 100mm) were good.
The yields of plots that we had to leave were low
Rather a normal summer is better for everyone.
Then you are not day and night busy with an irrigation reel and you do not hunt 800 ltr. diesel oil per week extra.
And.... a lot less stress.