Netherlands: Subsidies for farmers who want to innovate or relocate published

Minister Femke Marije Wiersma: "Now that the latest regulations are also known, we are fulfilling our promise to give farmers the opportunity to make a well-considered choice from the various options available. It is good that, thanks to the innovation and relocation scheme, opportunities are also created for farmers who want to relocate or further develop their business operations: that offers perspective." The innovation scheme within the approach to peak loads concerns the investment module of the Subsidy modules for source-oriented sustainability of stable and management measures (Sbv). Livestock farms with dairy cattle, pigs and veal calves, which fall into the target group of companies with peak loads, are eligible for this. These companies can invest in proven technologies that significantly reduce nitrogen deposition, such as stable systems and air scrubbers. A condition for applying for this subsidy is that the number of animals at the livestock farm location does not ...