Nutreco Achieves Excellent Progress in 2011
NETHERLANDS - Nutreco saw excellent progress in 2011 where it achieved a total EBITA of €241 million.

Growth Set to Challenge Dutch Agricultural Sector
NETHERLANDS - Between now and 2025, agricultural production in the Netherlands will be confronted by environmental limits, particularly with regard to the disposal of manure. Nevertheless, the prospects...

Average Gain TOPIGS Finishers 806 Grams/Day
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS finishers realised an average daily gain of 806 gram in 2010.

Dutch Pig Producers in Dire Straits
NETHERLANDS - The number of pigs in the Netherlands is dropping for the first time in years.

Production Efficient; Manure Results in High Costs
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pig-farming sector is operating within a competitive European market, and production costs play an important role in the sector’s competitiveness.

Dutch Cut Antibiotic Use But Still Way off Target
NETHERLANDS - Antibiotic prescriptions in Dutch livestock farming went down by 12 per cent last year, reported the veterinary medicine producer organization, FIDIN – but is it enough?

State Aid Sanctioned for Struggling Dutch Farmers
NETHERLANDS - The European Commission has cleared an extension of Dutch scheme to grant aid of up to €15 000 to farmers in difficulty because of the economic crisis.

Low Pork Prices Sparks Dutch Farmers' Protest
NETHERLANDS - Pig farmers are protesting at the low price of pork.

Fines Can Lead to Safer Meat, Says WUR Researcher
NETHERLANDS - Fines farmers for pig carcass condemnation has been successful to reduce the liver worms but it would not be so effective in cases where antibiotic residues are discovered.

Animal Feed Industry 'At Risk' Says Rabobank
NETHERLANDS - Rabobank has reduced its forecast for global 2010/11 wheat output by almost 35 million tonnes to just over 644 million tonnes.

Manure Problem Could be Solved with Fewer Animals
NETHERLANDS - The oversupply of manure from Dutch livestock farms is rising as a result of stricter environmental regulations. To solve this problem without manure export or technological innovations,...

BHZP and Hypor: Next Step in Partnership
NETHERLANDS - In November 2008 BHZP and Hypor entered a strategic partnership. As a result Hypor recently acquired exclusivity for distribution of BHZP’s terminal boar lines in the Dutch market.

New Report Estimates Cost of Future Regulations
NETHERLANDS - New regulations on animal welfare and ammonia emissions due to come into effect in 2013 will cost €240 per fattening pig place and €500 per sow, according to a new report from the Agricultural...

Strong CAP Needed to Help Europe Grow
NETHERLANDS - The EU must keep a common agricultural policy (CAP) and not accept nationalisation, said Netherlands LTO President, Albert Jan Maat, yesterday (17 March) in Parliament.

Incentives for Dutch Producers to Leave Industry
NETHERLANDS - The southern Dutch province of North Brabant is proposing a financial incentive worth €6.5 million for intensive livestock farmers to leave the industry.

Dutch Eat Most Organic Pork in Europe
NETHERLANDS - More organic pork is eaten in the Netherlands than in any other European country.

Better Welfare for Pigs in Trial Housing
NETHERLANDS - Scientifically designed houses and pens for pigs increase animal welfare, but from an economic point of view these are difficult to implement on existing pig farms.

TOPIGS Helps Achieve 27.3 Weaned Piglets/Sow/Year
THE NETHERLANDS - Pig farmers with TOPIGS sows achieved an average production of 27.3 weaned piglets per sow per year in 2008.

TOPIGS Exports from the Netherlands to Japan
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS exported 355 gilts from the Netherlands to Japan in March. This is the first time that TOPIGS breeding material has been sent to Japan. The TOPIGS 20 gilts of various ages came from...

Costs Rising for Dutch Farmers
NETHERLANDS - Dutch farmers are coming under pressure from rising costs as the result of, among others, higher environmental costs. Denmark is now the lowest-cost producer in the EU.

Canadian TOPIGS SPF Boars at Varkens K.I. Nederland
NETHERLANDS - On 25 December, TOPIGS and Varkens K.I. Nederland imported 124 boars from Canada.