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Schumacher: 'To solve the nitrogen crisis together'
Hein Schumacher, the CEO of FrieslandCampina, still wants to solve the nitrogen crisis together. He said this today on BNR Nieuwsradio.
That the nitrogen plan of the dairy sector last week has clapped, is regretted by Schumacher. Initially, according to the CEO, all parties from the agricultural and dairy sector were on the same page, but in the end the farmers' organizations dropped out under pressure from the Farmers Defense Force.
Polder model
Yet his intention is still to solve the nitrogen crisis together. The CEO's approach is to present a proposal to politicians using the so-called 'polder model'. There is still one month left for that, as agriculture minister Carola Schouten has until December 1st to work out solutions.
"I am very confident that we can come together substantively, because the different points of view are not very large. When we put all our heads together, it should work."
No big shrinkage livestock
Schumacher expects to be able to reduce nitrogen, among other things, by implementing technical measures in the barn and when applying manure. These were also the starting points in the nitrogen plan of the dairy sector. He calls a large reduction of the livestock unwise.
Whether the Farmers Defense Force (and the other farmers' representatives) still wants to work with the dairy sector remains to be seen.
Wouter Job
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