Dutch in danger of losing 26% of milk

A clampdown on phosphate pollution from the dairy herd in the Netherlands could knock 2% off EU milk production.

Sources in Rabobank, the Dutch-headquartered leading global agri-bank, warn that the Netherlands may lose its nitrates derogation permitted by the EU,

This would force farmers to cut the Dutch dairy herd of 1.6m cows by nearly 30%, likely to knock 26% off the country’s milk production.