With its rules, the government must be fair to farmers when it comes to the measures of the 7th Action Program Nitrate Directive, such as buffer strips and winter crops. This is what Jaap Haanstra, arable farmer and former LTO director, says to Eric de Lijster in this one Boerenbusiness podcast. It bothers Haanstra that the measurements of the water quality are not done accurately, but the farmer is held responsible for the result. He also calls on the advocacy for more action and decisiveness to convert the current measures into better agricultural practice. "Everyone is horrified by these measures."
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