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Brabant wants priority with conversion support
The Province of Noord-Brabant wants to prevent livestock farmers in the region from having to adapt stables without a government subsidy, but at the same time wants to stick to the fixed date for stable adjustments: 1 January 2024. That is why it wants to be able to tap into the pot earlier with €25 billion in government funds for purchase. and transition in agriculture. This is stated by Deputy Elies Lemkes (CDA).
From research of agency Connecting Agri & Food (Gé Backus), commissioned by the Province of North Brabant, has emerged that probably 2.200 of the 4.300 Brabant livestock farms will continue after 1 January 2024. The rest will stop, is the expectation. Per mentioned date the stayers must have started adapting their stables.
in debate
This does mean that these livestock farmers cannot use the large pot with €25 billion in government resources to make their companies future-proof. There has been a heated debate about this in recent times, both between livestock organizations and provinces and, for example, within the Brabant CDA. The CDA deputies, including Lemkes, did not want to hear about postponing the stable adjustments until after January 1.
CDA member of parliament Tanja van de Ven reacted furiously to the above and complained in an emotional appeal that the Province of North Brabant is deaf to reasonable arguments. She is referring, among other things, to the fact that farmers are forced to work with innovations whose effectiveness has not yet been proven.
For the province, it is now waiting to see whether the cabinet will comply with the request to be allowed to use the scheme earlier.
Klaas van der Horst
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