'Repaying phosphate rights must be done in 5 years'

"Dairy farmers wrongly compare the phosphate rights system with the milk quota," says Marijn Dekkers, sector specialist dairy farming at Rabobank Nederland. "Times have changed. They now also have to deal with financing, asbestos remediation, emission requirements in North Brabant, land-related rules and manure processing. That is why we opt for a 5-year repayment obligation for phosphate rights."

Dekkers also expects that the supply of phosphate rights will increase. Dekkers also discusses the possible calf fraud disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality last week.