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Van Wenum resigns from Manure Control Foundation
Jaap van Wenum, the chairman of Agriculture at LTO Nederland, will announce on Friday 14 June that he will resign as director of the Manure Control Foundation. Van Wenum has not taken note of the press release that was sent this week and does not agree with the content.
The press release explained the concept of the KeurMest certificate and also stated that stakeholders can respond. However, Van Wenum was not informed of the publication. He also does not agree with the proposals contained in this draft. "As an arable farming sector, we are not going to take over any government tasks."
According to Van Wenum, this certification is beyond the legal requirements and means a lot of red tape for arable farmers. "This proposal states that a budget must be made for the user space. This can also be easily obtained from the data on the website of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)."
Red tape
He also mentions that the concept states that the fertilization plan for the entire company must be inspected. "That is an enormous administrative task and it is of no use to you. The weather can change and then your entire fertilization plan is turned upside down. Nature cannot be captured in such models."
Although he is not in favor of the extra tasks for arable farmers, he is in favor of a tougher approach against manure fraud. "We are quite prepared to only purchase manure from certified companies, and independent sampling also works well. However, large parts of the arable farming sector do not participate in the fraud, although we do suffer from it," concludes Van Wenum.
Anne-Jan Doorn
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