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'Farmer who sells nitrogen rights is a Judas'

14 April 2020 - Redactie Boerenbusiness - 29 comments

Agricultural entrepreneurs must not sell nitrogen rights to governments or companies from outside the agricultural sector. With this battle plan, Mark van den Oever, chairman of the Farmers Defense Force (FDF), wants to destroy the government's nitrogen policy. He sets the tone: a farmer who sells his nitrogen rights externally is in his eyes a weak link or a Judas.

Van den Oever explain his idea in an Easter letter which was sent yesterday, on Easter Monday, to the followers of FDF in the app groups, among others. "We all know that external netting will be the death of the sector," said the FDF leader. "The solution is as simple as it is difficult for this problem. If we farmers decide not to sell nitrogen rights to the government or to companies outside the agricultural sector, and if we implement this meticulously, there is no problem."

According to Van den Oever, this plan can only be implemented if there are no weak links in the agricultural sector and the advocacy sector. Within the Agricultural Collective, FDF will propose to extend this line to all members and supporters of the participating organizations. "I expect LTO to be on our side in any case," emphasizes Van den Oever.

Schedule flaring easily
According to him, it is also financially interesting to sell the nitrogen rights, citing the 0% interest and the financial support packages from the government, which quickly depreciate money. "Where you bought a house a few years ago for 2 tons, you now pay 3 tons. In other words, 50% inflation. You also fall into the 52% tax bracket when you sell, so little of your original deal remains after a few years."

The FDF chairman calls farmers who decide to sell the nitrogen rights 'weak links' or 'Judasen' in the letter. "This plan is only as strong as its weakest link, I know that. I do expect that we will still have some problems with Judas and weak links in our sector, but we will have to deal with that in due course. The plan flaring is easily done, but there are probably those who have no backbone and where the link is the weakest."

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Hendriksen 14 April 2020
This is in response to it Boerenbusiness article:
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Van den Oever practices wishful thinking.
I am a farmer but also an entrepreneur.
For a lot of money I (And every smart farmer) sell everything.
Hendriksen 14 April 2020
Oh yeah.
There is nothing wrong with my spine.

By the way, only beneficial for the survivors if a bunch of farmers stop.
Less product-higher price
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Trevor 14 April 2020
Cooperatives started from the point of view of well-understood self-interest. Until self-interest is less well understood and another choice is more attractive. You can't block every farm.
willie van gemert 14 April 2020
In a free country where production has to be done for a free market, it is up to individual entrepreneurs to make free decisions that best suit their personal situation. Selling or leasing within or outside the sector is up to the entrepreneur, but must comply with Dutch law. Stamping these entrepreneurs with weak links or judassen is incorrect and inappropriate. I am a big supporter of FDF and really appreciate their achievements. An example: an agricultural entrepreneur against a Natura 2000 area, no successor, no expansion possibilities and according to the above reasoning, approximately 65 years of age should not be allowed to sell his company for the highest price because the rights may then fall outside the sector. Who represents his interests????
your 14 April 2020
who says the one who sells nitrogen stops farming?
maybe this farmer is farming less intensively?
maybe he will grow or buy pears.
maybe this farmer has money left over to produce other protein sources. what do we call people by smart lobbying and meeting, to ensure that his own company can expand as cheaply as possible. and can thus arrange that the land is only for sale for him and also the rights? (sly fox) farmers are not colleagues. they always talk in the form of; the other farmers have to stop, and I'm doing it right?
Henk 14 April 2020
It has always been, the highest Bidder is merchant. Will FDF buy nitrogen then? Bring on the industry. They can have everything for a good price. Weakest link or smart business.
dumb peasant 14 April 2020
Judas says van den Oever. He sounds like the farmers who opposed the arrival of the milk tank 35 years ago.
The world goes on.
Because of him, farmers are being played apart
Man is a loose cannon
Our real opponent is not the empire but the retail
I now get the same milk price as in 1989.
We have to put our energy on that.
If the milk price was now €50 ct, you would not hear anyone and no one would climb on a tractor.
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mt 14 April 2020

And thank you markie... you are really stupid, a stupid peasant...!!
I'm free with whom I trade for the highest price...and then I'm a Judas, act normal man
Judas himself! 14 April 2020
Anyone who offers me a fair price for my nitrogen rights is now a merchant! No one else but me decides what I do with it. If Carola is smart, she will allow external netting to the industry tomorrow, then the sector will be cleaned up and it will cost society nothing. Canal belt and NGOs are very satisfied and it will be a nightmare to me where the Netherlands conjures up its food. I am done.
John 14 April 2020
We call him here in Sint Hubert, Mark van den Droeftoeter.
peter34 14 April 2020
@Judas himself!
That sounds pretty spiteful.

Incidentally, what is said here about nitrogen also applies to the construction of solar parks on good land.

If there are ethical/moral/social objections to this, regulations by the municipality/The Hague are appropriate.

To what extent you let finance dictate your farm heart is up to the individual. This kind of thinking has been introduced over the last thirty years by the idea that farmers are entrepreneurs first and those who see otherwise are done with. That is the beginning of the end of your family business, because that status does not generate any money either. And without the family farm, agriculture has no future.
When push comes to shove, it is less important to opinion makers, politicians and managers than the survival of KLM and Schiphol.
pete1 14 April 2020
We live in a free country and everyone can know for themselves whether they sell their nitrogen rights and to whom without being a Judas
Thon 14 April 2020
Here are two sides.
It's good for farmers who want to stop!
It is a disaster for farmers who want to continue!
That's how they play it from above!
And again, those who have the sheep on the drying are not bad.
Those who have to go through and can't because of the bad regulations, it's a disaster
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curly tail 14 April 2020
Then they can get along with that legislation for pig farming if we still want to choose between the purchase arrangement or the sale of nitrogen. Perhaps the latter is more interesting for companies close to a nature reserve. Or does it go together? Sell ​​company to purchase scheme and sell nitrogen to industry?
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mt 14 April 2020

For farmers who want to continue a disaster, because???
ordinary farmer 14 April 2020
the impact of the sector is decreasing
time bomb 14 April 2020
Everyone is free how to deal with their own acquired rights. If your successor is not interested in intensive livestock farming, but only in arable farming, then there must be a possibility to lease these dormant rights or sell them to the extreme? If it is allowed, then everyone is still free how he/she deals with it, it does not oblige anything. Let the market do its job.
Are prices mentioned?
John Lapwing 14 April 2020
Politicians laugh at the 1% primary aging sector without successors, but horse and carriage minus Schouten can speak well Reformed the solution is 50% more net income on the companies, so get rid of retarded kilo bangers and 0% residue on the products
Cees 14 April 2020
For our opponents, Mark van den Oever is the ideal chairman of an interest group for farmers.

He comes across in the media exactly as our opponents would like to portray farmers.

FDF help the farmers and appoint a chairman with charisma, file knowledge and analytical skills.
water willow 14 April 2020
Is anyone aware of what happens to phosphate rights, poultry rights, pig rights if the ammonia rights disappear from the agricultural sector?
Just normal 14 April 2020
@Ces, totally agree. Tried to articulate this before but said this with too much emotion. You hit the nail on the head!
Hendriksen 14 April 2020
"Is anyone aware of what will happen to phosphate rights, poultry rights, pig rights if the ammonia rights disappear from the agricultural sector?"

@Waterwillow

Of course, sellers who sell their ammonia rights dearly outside the sector will also offer their animal rights.
The problem is that there are few buyers for it because these buyers who want to expand also need expensive ammonia rights.
And no one outside the sector is interested in animal rights.
Ammonia rights therefore become decisive for the sellers/stoppers.
The rest will be tipped.
Skirt 14 April 2020
It is a good thing that nitrogen rights can be freely traded, otherwise they will soon be looted for free.
Agriculture is going to disappear here as it was, why not catch a few nice extra cents as a closing or extra starting capital for a foreign adventure?
Ascon Waterler 15 April 2020
If you sell "ammonia" (NH3) rights to a non-agricultural company, you know that this will be converted to nitrogen oxide (NO2).
With that you do every living thing short. After all, NO2 is extremely bad for air quality and therefore a deterioration for everyone. It should be challenged at the UN for violating universal human rights.
arable farmer 15 April 2020
I am entrepreneur Mark,
If I can earn something I will.

For some, selling is also entrepreneurship, the sector has aged heavily, many older entrepreneurs would immediately jump on the train if it comes by.

The problem is that most FSF members continue to think like farmers.
Being flexible is all too much to ask, producing food against the rocks for a global market is no longer of this time.

I don't need to feed the world at all, just let them be hungry for a while.
The holiday and second car is now sacred, food may and must be as cheap as possible and above all easy.
85% of processed food is bought by consumers, and will remain so forever.
The fresh and unprocessed food is a luxury for the lucky few in this world.

We as the Netherlands and Belgium dump our food all over the world and the local entrepreneur there is being killed.

Dear Mark,

If you pull fruit trees out of the ground and plant a forest there, apply for a SKNL subsidy, then you are doing something useful.
Your pigs will not yield anything for the next 3 years, because globalization is a fact now with the whole corona story, your stables are heavily outdated, throw them flat.

pay off your debts and enjoy some farming without worrying about society yourself, because you are the last to be listened to.
Skirt 15 April 2020
Ascon Waterler wrote:
If you sell "ammonia" (NH3) rights to a non-agricultural company, you know that this will be converted to nitrogen oxide (NO2).
With that you do every living thing short. After all, NO2 is extremely bad for air quality and therefore a deterioration for everyone. It should be challenged at the UN for violating universal human rights.
This doesn't interest a dog, you're right, but politics really doesn't care about that. The UN is an ordinary political vehicle.
Jannie C. Soverein-Bouwman 25 April 2020
Subject: Patent NL 1016461, fermentation of biomass by means of cavities in earth layers.

I would like to draw your attention to the exploitation of coal and salt mines.
The idea of ​​fermenting biomass in cavities in the earth has been very positively received by emeritus professor Dr RD Schuiling of Geochem Research and an employee of TNO-NITG.
"The Netherlands BV can benefit from the development of a real innovation, the availability of a new fairly important alternative energy source, an extra possibility to meet the Kyoto standards, and the solution of the lingering problem of manure surpluses". According to emeritus professor Dr RD Schuiling.

Therefore, I would like to draw your attention to the elaboration of my ideas concerning the fermentation of biomass in cavities in the earth's layers.
I hope through you to get in touch with companies or organizations that see opportunities to realize my ideas.

coal mines
The depth of the coal mines is in the order of 600-800 meters. The biomass will ferment on its own. With an average annual temperature of 11 degrees at the earth's surface, the temperature at this depth is 30 to 35 degrees, an ideal temperature for fermentation.
The exploitation of parts of the mines is feasible.

salt mines
The caverns are up to about 500 meters deep. The environment is suitable for fermentation.
Methane formation does not stop even at 20% brine. The walls of the mines can be covered with a coat so that there is no contact of biomass with the walls.

Benefits for farmers/biomass suppliers:

Greater livelihood security
· Less and simplified administration
· Less chance of fines
· Less stress

Benefits for Dutch people:

· Access to real green energy
· Utilizing concentrates from the biomass resulting in a
lower environmental impact
Minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium and magnesium remain in
the digestraat behind and can be made profitable
Nitrogen and phosphate are more easily absorbed in the fermented manure
for crops than the usual unprocessed manure as a result
less odor nuisance
The fermented manure reduces the emission of methane in the
environment (a greenhouse gas 20 times as strong as CO2) significantly
· In the mines, among other things, ammonia can be extracted from animal manure by means of
fermentation to be won. So none/less
ammonia production at the expense of natural gas. For the
ammonia production buys OCI Nitrogen more than 1 . annually
billion m3 of natural gas (see www.ocinitrogen.com/ammonia)
There is no heat source for the underground fermentation process
(energy) required, such as with aboveground fermentation
No emissions, collection and processing (asphalt, concrete and cement)
of the toxic fly ash produced by coal-fired power stations and
waste incineration.
· No transport of offal, manure and fly ash to the
abroad, which means less freight traffic and therefore less
CO2 emissions
· No environmentally polluting import of so-called "green energy"
less fly ash
· If possible, use gas pipes that are outside
be use

The coal mines can also be made suitable for exploitation.

At SodM Heerlen, there are 15 state mines. According to Mr Wiel Miseré, it is possible to establish a connection with the subsurface.
According to Ir JAMJ Franssen, Business Development manager of Chemelot Services at DSM, there is an opportunity to facilitate.
In view of current knowledge, the fermentation of organic raw materials in the above-mentioned manner will not cause insurmountable technical problems, it is efficient and safe. The environment of the subsoil will not be burdened.

Frits de Groot, Team Manager Environment, Energy, Spatial Planning, Transport Infrastructure VNO-NCW–MKB-Nederland responded to my information with, among other things: “I think you have come up with a very interesting innovation and expect this to happen in the market. catch on. I wish you every success with that.”

I have been in contact with Mr. Joost Sandberg Business Development Manager at Nouryon.
His response:
“I see a possible link to the caverns that Nouryon makes. However, we have no position in the biomass/manure market.
These parties would be the obvious choice to carry the business case for this idea. Do you already have contact with such parties?

Prof. dr. dr. ir. Sikke Klein Technology Manager Energy at TU Delft
His response:
Have you already made a mass and energy balance? Do you have a realistic idea of ​​the maximum achievable potential in the Netherlands and what conditions must be met for this?
I'm not an expert on fermentation so can't really rate the idea.

Mr Henk Wanningen, Head of the Biomass Product Group at Staatsbosbeheer, also responded.
He deals with large volumes of clippings.
However, Staatsbosbeheer is not an investing party.

I hope through you to reach the people who can shape my innovation.

Yours sincerely,
Jannie C. Soverein-Bouwman
Galgerworth 9
3621LW Fractions
tel. 0346-266187
time bomb 25 April 2020
This should not be mocked. This is a view that the cabinet MUST tell you to. This MUST be further investigated.
I wish Mrs Souverein a lot of responses, and thank you for such a wonderful display. Many people with a mountain of titles before or after their name can make sense of that. Good luck.
Patent NL 1016461 26 April 2020
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Inventing our tax money and coming back as a tax collector for eternal subsidies, yet another highly educated dud of the market.
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