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Two thirds of the dairy farms has a successor
Nearly two thirds of the dairy farms headed by a farmer aged over 55 have a successor lined up. This means that succession in a dairy farm is twice as popular as succession in an average farm.
Water tax proceeds marginally up again
In 2008, water board authorities estimate to receive more than 2 billion euro in taxes, an increase by 2.2 percent relative to one year previously.
Increased application of CHP systems
In the period 1998-2008, the amount of electricity generated in the Netherlands increased from 92 to 108 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh). The increase is mainly generated in combined heat and power...
Half of the self-employed are service providers without personnel
In the first quarter van 2012 there were over 570 thousand self-employed service providers in the Netherlands without personnel. Almost half was highly educated, and the most common profession was...
Fewer potatoes and onions
Farmers expect the potato crop to be 8 percent lower in 2005 than in 2004. This means they will lift some 4,8 billion kilos of ware and seed potatoes.
Environmental Goods and Services Sector; industries, 1995 - 2011
Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity
Potato crop better than anticipated
The output reduction of table and seed potatoes was restricted to 3 percent in 2006, relative to the previous year.
'New' self-employed without employees want a challenge and flexible working hours
The main reason consultants, IT experts, builders and other self-employed persons without employees that offer their own labour or services give for becoming self-employed is that they wanted a...
Statistics Netherlands visualises green growth
the results of ‘green growth’, based on the themes economic opportunities and natural resources.
Organic farming grows in poultry and dairy sectors
Organic farming has grown in the past ten years.
Increase in sugar beet cultivation
The cultivation area for sugar beets in the Netherlands grew by 21 percent in just one year.
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...
Marginal reduction farms and horticultural enterprises
On 1 April 2010, there were 72 thousand farms and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands, a reduction by more than 1 percent relative to the same month last year. This reduction is the smallest...
The Netherlands largest importer of insects in the EU
The Netherlands is the largest importer of live insects in the EU with an import value of 8.2 million euros.
Fewer growers produce more strawberries
The number of strawberry growers was reduced by nearly half between 2006 and 2017.
Potatoes: smallest crop for ten years
The production of potatoes was substantially lower last year than in 2002. The total potato crop was 6.5 billion kilos in 2003, one eighth lower than in 2002. Arable farmers lifted less than 41...