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Lower renewable electricity production
Last year, 11.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity were generated, i.e. 10.1 percent of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands and 0.4 percentage points below the level...
Nitrogen emissions into the atmosphere
Nitrogen emissions into their atmosphere consist mainly of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
Nearly 22 thousand small farmers in 2009
Last year, 30 percent of all agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands were small-scale businesses.
Growing number of dairy cattle have no access to pasture
The provisional results of the 2012 Agricultural census show that the number of grazing dairy cattle has declined considerably from 90 percent in 2001 to 70 percent in 2011.
Standardised calculation methods for animal manure and nutrients
From 1990 onwards, the production of livestock manure and minerals is annually calculated according to standardised calculation methods developed by a collaboration of different institutes. This...
Increased cultivation of protein crops
The agricultural area utilised for the cultivation of protein crops in the Netherlands stood at 9 thousand hectares in 2018,, an increase of 38 percent relative to 2008 (5.6 hectares).
Share of renewable energy up to 7.4 percent
In 2018, renewable energy sources accounted for 7.4 percent of total Dutch energy consumption, up from 6.6 percent one year previously. More than half of this increase was due to higher biomass...
More than half of farmers supplement their incomes
More than half of agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands generated revenues in 2010 by expanding their range of activities or accepting a job not related to their own...
Concentration of nitrate in upper groundwater
Over the last few years, the amount of nitrate in the upper groundwater layer of agricultural sandy soils has declined to the extent that the target value of 50 mg per litre has been achieved.
Dutch agriculture: increase in scale and lower incomes
The number of farms and horticultural businesses in the Netherlands decreased substantially in the period 1995-2009. Labour volume in this sector and agricultural income also fell.
More than 50 farmers quit every week
The number of agricultural holdings in the Netherlands has fallen dramatically over the past fifteen years from 120.1 thousand to 76.7 thousand, a declining rate of 55 a week. In the period...
Mainly more green electricity from solar power
In 2018, the Netherlands generated 8 percent more electricity from renewable sources than in the previous year. Electricity production from solar power increased in particular.
Onshore wind turbines taller and more efficient
Dutch wind turbines collectively generated 7.6 billion kWh of electricity in 2015.