Because of cattle fraud

Schouten puts a stop to the Kringloopwijzer pilot

23 January 2018 - Esther de Snoo - 25 comments

Minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) has put an end to the pilot for the Kringloopwijzer. The pilot was scheduled to start in 2018. Schouten does this because of cattle fraud by dairy farmers.

Schouten deletes the pilot for the Kringloopwijzer, which the dairy sector has been advocating and working on for years. She believes that a pilot is not justified because of the signals from cattle registration fraud by dairy farmers. In a letter to the House of Representatives she writes: "However, I have to conclude that the sector is currently unable to fulfill its own responsibility that is necessary for the responsible application of such an instrument."

Hundreds of thousands of kilos of dairy cattle phosphate too much in the Netherlands

Possibly thousands of LUs too many
Research by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) shows that dairy farmers have more livestock in the barn than stated. It could possibly be several thousand LUs (large livestock units), good for a dairy cattle phosphate production of several hundred thousand kilos. The fraud does not lead to exceeding the European phosphate ceiling

LTO Nederland, the Dutch Dairy Farmers' Union (NMV), the NAJK and the Dutch Dairy Organization (NZO) allow a press statement know to be shocked by Minister Schouten's announcement. The organizations call the fraud unacceptable.

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Dirk 23 January 2018
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Guys, thanks again.
I wish you (the touts) that you may be vomited by everyone [the banks, the government, LTO, the feed suppliers, the veterinary clinics, etc. etc. etc.] and that you may fall into poverty. Meanwhile I loathe you, the rogue touts.
xx 23 January 2018
It's the same song every time. If there is fraud, you have to tackle the fraudsters hard and not dupe the good ones.
Hans 23 January 2018
It is of course not difficult to come up with such a thing.
Unbelievable fools who do such a thing, in many professions they would be kicked out of office.
So should we.
Thanks guys..........!!
You've done incredible damage to the sector again!
Hope you're still proud of yourself, no one else is proud of you either.....
Jan 2 23 January 2018
why not denounce? ie naming and shaming? That would help more if these 'entrepreneurs' were to be fined or reprimanded. This is allowed in the context of the sacred privacy rules. not. Then the question is whether these 'entrepreneurs' deserve it? Privacy rules concern individuals; also companies?
anton 23 January 2018
those who have committed fraud immediately have their business locked up and mandatory punishment to stop cannot be severe enough.
And reward those who have everything neatly lined up with extra phosphate space.
andre vw 23 January 2018
Phosphate problem is now out of the world.
Close all companies where fraud can be proven and take away the phosphate reference.
Hendrik 23 January 2018
To the best of my knowledge, no fraud can be committed, a calf born is given an ear number, is registered, and that's it. The question arises whether the systems at RVO and the like are correct? And the control authorities? Show the evidence of fraud?
Kurt 23 January 2018
What kind of fraud is it then? Are inspections carried out just as in other non-agricultural sectors? Everything is so boarded up with rules....... And you have been afraid for a long time that you will be cut on your payment rights plus fine. I don't know, but I get the feeling that non-agricultural minded figures (civil servants, but also the minister) are whipping this matter up terribly, so that they can immediately attach the greatest possible sanctions for the entire sector. Error should be punished, but putting the sector in a bad light for that reason goes almost as far for me. Unsightly.
Ton Westgeest 23 January 2018
Well done Carola, gone with the pilot, gone with the recycling pointer, gone with all that other craziness. All those flimsy rules lead to fraud. Make it simple, verifiable and fair.

We used to have such a nice profession, but it is no longer workable!
Like many other professions, it has become a soup of rules in the agricultural sector and it is everyone for himself....

xx, it always comes at the expense of the well-meaning. It would be good for the sector if we stand behind the policy as a man.... Look how things are going now, we are almost at each other's ends!
Klaas 23 January 2018
the government itself is the biggest fraudster, almost all problems were rejected without going through the situation or reading what it says
yy 23 January 2018
If someone had eaten something in primary school, the whole class had to stay, but if they knew who had done it, the whole class didn't have to stay. This really isn't fair anymore.
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Bertie6 23 January 2018
Handing in allowances and distributing the excess phosphate rights to the farmers who really still believe in the good and are not sick of this beautiful profession.
Geertje 23 January 2018
Totally agree with the comments, it's so unfair that the well-meaning entrepreneurs are suffering again because of these oens.
NT 23 January 2018
the government itself is the biggest fraudster, almost all problems were rejected without going through the situation or reading what it says
Completely agree, everything rejected with us have to hand in 30%
Who wonders how we're going to make it
A farmer in a corner makes strange jumps
southwestern 23 January 2018
Oh yeah, suddenly nobody knows about it.
Similar to the fipronil gate.

When I stand at my neighbor's dairy farmer and ask for the latest news, it appears to be well known how this works in the sector.

He says he is smart enough not to start but that many people have been tempted and have happily ordered extra ear tags.
Albertos 23 January 2018
example, heifers do not give up calved calf in October instead of cow give up twins and year milk for 0,52 gve take away all rights
Skirt 23 January 2018
This was staged by Schouten and I think it suits her very well now that she has left pulse fishing in the doldrums. All very coincidental, but cleverly played politically, a pure diversion.
peter 23 January 2018
Totally agree pure diversion and all farmers fall for it again accusing each other, how stupid!!!???
January 3 24 January 2018
Kjol you speak again KUL. Do your research before blowing off the tower again. We owe the EU to the EU for the proposed ban on pulse fishing.
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Skirt 24 January 2018
Jan 3, you are really blind, the Netherlands has done nothing to prevent that.
john 24 January 2018
Still, it's good to see that with targeted analyzes they can filter out companies for checking. But why don't the advocates use that argument to defend themselves? After all, something you are specifically looking for is not representative of an entire sector.
HD 24 January 2018
Have you heard that drivers were driving too fast again? New? Every car will now have to be fitted with a speed limiter because motorists knowingly drive too fast. So much for the media coverage. All about shaving 1 comb. Son 16000 dairy farmers do not commit fraud, but that will not hurt #shoden. He immediately says that the entire sector is unreliable
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smart ass 24 January 2018
since van Dam has been with the NPO, everything about farmers is terribly magnified in the programs of the NPO
geert 24 January 2018
good, get rid of the recycling pointer, because of this nonsense every farmer becomes an office man with more and more administration, who takes care of the cattle?
Chief O 27 January 2018
SCHOUTEN, stop your way of governing and now finally choose the side of agricultural Netherlands and do not sit oracles at Jinek the day after the negative reporting how bad and angry the situation is with agricultural Netherlands and especially dairy farming, thanks for this perhaps 90 up to 95% of dairy farms that just do it perfectly, THEN HAVE GOT A MINISTER FOR THAT
leading the way in the polonaise keeping livestock farming in a bad light
Slogan is, livestock farming in the Netherlands you keep you adhere to the law for 100% if not we nail the pill
Schouten support the good and punish the evil no more or no less.
cowbur 27 January 2018
In summary, we are tired of government meddling. So get rid of the social assistance benefits (entitlements) and get rid of the presents (derogation). Totally agree.
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