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Dairy stock in Limburg and Brabant reduced by half
Since the introduction of milk quota regime in 1983, the Dutch dairy stock was reduced by 1.1 million (42 percent) to just under 1.5 million cattle.
Schedule
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 28 July - 1 August. 2008 (Week 31).
Fixed capital formation by region 1995-2001
Total fixed capital formation (gross), fixed capital formation (gross) by industry, by type of capital good, by region
Ammonia emissions from animal housing still too high
Two-thirds of laying hens in the Netherlands were housed in so-called low-emission sheds in 2008. Most meat chickens, porkers, and sows were still housed in facilities where too much ammonia is...
Dutch heathland: more purple, less yellow
Dutch heaths have been changing colour in recent years. Plants that colour heathland purple, such as heather, have been increasing, while grasses that give heathland a more yellow colour, such as...
Further fall in farm businesses
There were 73 thousand agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands on 1 April 2009. This is 3 percent less than twelve months previously.
Dutch use water more efficiently
Although the population and the economy are growing, the use of tap water remains stable. Measures taken to enhance efficiency have reduced the annual tap water use per capita by an average 0.7...