US EditionFarm Buyout Scheme Could Have Been €1.5 Billion Cheaper and 3x More Effective
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Despite hundreds of millions in phasing-out subsidies, the government hasn't been sufficiently successful in convincing livestock farms with high nitrogen emissions to close their operations. This makes voluntary buyouts of livestock farms expensive and ineffective.
The "wildly attractive" buyout scheme that allowed polluting farms to voluntarily close is expensive and yields relatively little.
Livestock farmers within a kilometer of overburdened nature reserves will receive priority subsidies if they want to quit. They are on a "first come, first served" basis, according to the buyout scheme that outgoing Minister of Agriculture Femke Wiersma (BBB) published Monday for public comment. Other livestock farmers will be eligible later if funding is still available. Vulnerable nature is struggling, and we in Brabant are suffering as a resu…
Livestock farmers located within a kilometer of congested nature reserves will be given priority if the caretaker government has its way by voluntarily buying themselves out. €750 million has been allocated for the scheme.
Livestock farmers within a kilometer of overburdened nature reserves will receive priority subsidies if they want to stop. They are on a "first come, first served" basis, according to the buyout plan that outgoing Minister of Agriculture Femke Wiersma (BBB) published for public comment on Monday. Other livestock farmers will be eligible later, if funding is still available.
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