Changes published
Phosphate reduction plan weakened just before deadline
Just before 1 April, the changes to the 2017 Phosphate Reduction Regulation will be published in the Government Gazette. The soil-bound character, the shearing and shearing of livestock is discussed and the exceptions are supplemented.
An important change is that a second definition for land-based companies has been included in the legislation. For example, the first version included an excretion rate of 9,6 kilograms of phosphate for female cattle up to 1 year. For female cattle that have not yet calved, a reference of 21,9 kilograms applied and after calves 41,3 kilograms.
Thanks to the changes, a connection is made to the phosphate rights. For example, animal numbers 101, 102 and 100 will also be used for the Phosphate Rights Regulation. These are used to determine the degree of land-relatedness.
Alternative benchmarks
Another important part of the changes are the alternative measuring moments for non-dairy farms. Option 'a' remains the date of December 15, 2016. This concerns the number of cattle multiplied by 480.
Option 'b' is that the number of cattle in the second month of the period is reduced by the number of cattle that were kept on average in: April 2016, June 2016, August 2016, October 2016 and December 2016. Here too, the number is multiplied should be with 480.
Scissors in and out
Another gap in the regulation was that little account was taken of the shearing and shearing of livestock from milk-producing farms to other farms. Van Dam has also tried to repair this. For example, someone who has sheared out livestock, and can demonstrate this, can increase his reference number from the reference date of 2 July 2015. In this respect, the animals had to be back at the shearer's company by 2015 December 31 at the latest.
To be eligible, an application must be submitted by April 15. If the scaling company is a producer of milk, it must demonstrably agree to the reduction of its reference numbers. If livestock was then also sheared in 2016, this arrangement will be extended to the target number with a reference of 1 October 2016.
Those who sheared livestock before 2017, but do not plan to do so in 2017, are also eligible for an increase in the reference and target numbers. Again, a request must be submitted before April 15.
Soil-bound solution
Another sore point was that land-relatedness could not be included in the transfer of companies. This was due to the new number of the Chamber of Commerce (KVK) for the Phosphate Reduction Regulation. This has been resolved by extending the acquisition to the target quantity, with reference October 2016.
More exceptions
In addition to the issue of land-relatedness and shearing in and out, the export of livestock was also disrupted by the scheme. This is because the quarantine stables were included. They are now excluded. Another group were dairy farmers with female young stock for slaughter. Those are also excluded.
If there is still no solution to the problems faced by dairy farmers, it remains necessary to object before 1 April. This is mainly due to the fact that a verdict is only issued after the deadline summary proceedings around this topic.
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Herman van den Pol
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