There is currently no ban on the trailing foot injector. This is in contrast to what the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) stated on Twitter on Tuesday 6 February. Then the organization announced that the trailing foot injector is prohibited from February 16. So that is incorrect.
According to a spokesperson for RVO.nl, there is currently no ban on the trailing foot injector. However, new rules for the use of the trailing foot injector are in the making. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) draws up the regulations and is in consultation with Brussels.
RVO.nl states that they cannot yet say anything about a possible ban on the use of the trailing foot injector. The Ministry of LNV recently announced that the current rules apply, as long as there are no new rules.
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Postponed
The trailing foot would already be banned on grassland (clay and peat soil) on 1 January 2017. The reason for this is that the ammonia emission would be too high when using the trailing foot machine. The ban was then postponed to January 1, 2018, because there were not enough alternatives.
From 1 February 2018, slurry may be spread on arable land. This is allowed on grassland from 16 February 2018.
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