From Friday 1 September, a new financial regulation for pig farming will come into effect: the Environmental Quality Regulation. Coalition Vitalization Pig Farming (ViVa) announced this on Friday.
Pig farmers can use this scheme in the event of a company relocation or
-termination. The total budget for the scheme is €8 million, with a maximum compensation of €500.000 per company. The aim of the Environmental Quality Regulation is to accelerate the restructuring of pig farming.
Important step
The number of pigs in concentration areas, such as Southeast Brabant, must be reduced with the help of this regulation. Pig farms can expand or establish themselves in areas where there is room for development, provided they farm in a sustainable and socially responsible manner.
According to Uri Rosenthal, chairman of the ViVa, the scheme is an important step towards an economically, future-proof and socially valued pig sector.
The scheme is being implemented by Development Company Pig Farming, headed by Paul Jansen (formerly employed by Vion).
Divided into 2 phases
The first phase offers support to the stopping pig farmers who do not participate in the 2020 stopper scheme. The selected companies receive a fee which is divided into 2 parts: a market-based amount for the pig rights and a compensation per pig.
Subsequently, the stopped pig farmers can sell their pig rights to expanding pig farmers, with a better development perspective. In this way, spatial quality can be improved and companies with a future are given the opportunity to develop further.
Sign up
You can register for the scheme from September 1 to October 31, 2017. Applications are arranged per region. The selected locations must terminate their business no later than January 1, 2019. Then their license will expire.
You can register via: www.ontwikkelingsbedrijfvarkenshouderij.nl.
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Action plan in progress
​In the Coalition ViVa, the Producers Organization for Pig Farming (POV), Rabobank and the Ministry of Economic Affairs work together. The Vitalization Action Plan for Pig Farming was presented by the Coalition ViVa in 2016, with the aim of reforming the pig sector and making it future-proof. This action plan is now being implemented. The scheme is an important instrument in this regard.
This is a co-production, co-authored is Bart-Jan van Zandwijk.
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