The war against farmers and meat and dairy consumption in The Netherlands is not letting up in the slightest, as the Dutch government is considering slapping even more restrictions on farmers to supposedly curb emissions. But naturally the farmers and families are devasted, absolutely crushed and taken to the point where some are ending their lives to end the sorrow.
These new proposals and unfortunate news come not long after the European Union Commission voted to forcibly strip farmers of their land and slaughter their livestock, unless they except a buyout of their farms over the course of the next several years.
This latest proposal to limit the number of cows on a field was leaked obtained by an outlet called NOS, in preparation to negotiate with the farmers, The Telegraph reports.
The proposal limits farmers to “0.35 hectares of grassland per livestock unit;” which equates to 2 heads of cattle per the size of one traditional soccer field. Traditionally Dutch ranchers allow 3.5 cows to graze per each approximate soccer field.
Tensions between Dutch President Mark Rutte – who is very much in favor of stripping away farmland and culling livestock to meet their arbitrary nitrogen emissions reduction goals – are already boiling hot as is, and this leaked proposal has certainly not helped anything.
Piet Adema, the minister for agriculture, reacted angrily to the leak bitterly.
I am incredibly disappointed that there is a leak. I don’t know where it came from, but it is bad because it is not helpful to the process.
We are still negotiating. Everything is still in motion.
He said to other MPs
Adema’s reaction also ‘revealed the government was also considering lower emission stables, reducing pesticides and improving manure processing,’ The Telegraph added, also revealing the Agricultural Agreement will cost the government £5.8 billion ($ 6,277,705,400.00) another £521 million ($563,911,123.00) “ecosystem services.”
‘This money would be paid to farmers for rewilding areas of their land, managing ditches and ponds, and creating habitats for insects and birds, but it has not been approved by the government,’ The paper noted.
“Families Are Crying At The Kitchen Table Every Day”
But the stress has been far too much for many farmers and families affected by all these new regulations and forcible sequestrations.
In an exclusive interview with Remix, Dutch MEP Robert Roos, of the JA21 political party, talked about what it’s like for many of these farmers now, and how the media has demonized these farmers, and more.
Roos revealed that the government and media baited many of these farmers into buying larger fields, and combining them with their neighbors, but as soon as that came the government and banks did a hard reserve and now want them to do the opposite, after these families had already made the investment. Now many of them are weeping and some have committed suicide.
The following is a portion of that interview:
It’s not fair at all because they have smashed these farmers for years now, and the people are so desperate that many families are crying at the kitchen table every day, and even a couple of farmers committed suicide already. Really, it’s that bad. Our government and also the banks supported a plan to create bigger farms, so the farmers bought the land of their neighbors, and they created huge farms because that was the policy promoted by the government and also by the banks. They wanted the farms to scale up their businesses. And now, suddenly the policy is to make smaller farms. This is also the EU policy. Then, you add nitrogen regulations. These farmers now have these huge farms, which means big debts, huge debts, because they had to invest. And now, the government comes up with the idea that they have this nitrogen problem, and farms need to close or be reduced in size.
The banks turn around and say, then your business — because a farm is really a business — is only worth 50 percent compared to yesterday. So these people have huge debts. They are captured in a system that they never asked for. They followed the rules, and now they are pushed in a direction that is really desperate for them.
They don’t know what to do. It’s so difficult. These farms have been running from generation to generation. So, there is a lot of history tied up in these farms, and if you are desperate and don’t know what to do anymore, and you’re facing uncertainty year after year, then the government turns around and says, “OK, we have a way out for you, we have money to give you.” I think a lot of farms will do that, which is a disaster because they are the second-largest producer of food in the world after the United States. The Netherlands is just a tiny country, but we are producing so much food for the rest of the world. That’s a problem because we now have 8 billion people.
So it’s not logical, it’s a disaster, it’s not fair, and I hope there are a lot of farmers who feel supported by the last elections because our Farmar-Citizen movement had a landslide win during the elections of March. And I hope the farmers feel supported and they don’t give up.
QUESTION: There are some rumors or claims on social media, and perhaps you can add some clarity. The rumor is that some of these farmers’ land was going to be confiscated for the purpose of building condominiums by rich developers and so on. Is there any truth to this rumor?
ROOS: We’ve already seen it, and it’s not a rumor, it’s just a fact. They bought the land of a farmer, and they built temporary houses for immigrants on it. This is one year ago, but it’s not even a rumor. Unfortunately, if you had said that two years ago, they would respond to you that you are a conspiracy theorist, but now it’s just fact. And I think that of course they want to have the land and they want to build more houses. That’s why they used also this nitrogen issue, which is really crazy.
Our rules are 4,000 times stronger than in Germany, for example. So we are a European Union nation, but if it comes to making rules, they do whatever they want. But of course, they need the land. Why else would they take it away?
So they’re not going to just convert it to forests, for instance?
No, they’re going to use it as housing and development. As you might have heard, the Netherlands has grown since the 1990s. We had 15 million people then. And now, in 2023, we have 18 million people. So we have grown within 30 years with, well, 20% or something like that.
The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, no?
We are the densest country, yes, in Europe. And that’s why also the European Union is not working. We have the habitat guideline, and it designated 2,000 areas as protected, but that also meant no nitrogen from the farmers should make its way into these areas. However, nitrogen actually helps trees grow, so nitrogen also serves a purpose.
But now we have the EU Nature Restoration Law coming up. And we will vote on that before the summer, in the (EU) parliament; if this law is adopted, our complete country (the Netherlands) will be locked to new development.
We will not be able to build houses anymore, we cannot even build wind turbinesanymore, which is, from my perspective, a good thing. But overall, our country will be closed.
Because we are the most densely populated country in Europe. So that’s why you see that all this one-size-fits-all perspective is wrong, because we are a completely different country than, for example, Finland. Finland is five times bigger than the Netherlands and has four times less population.
Is this not a common trend throughout Europe that green parties or other parties promoting the environment are looking to reduce emissions at the same time they are inviting in tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of immigrants who want to adopt a First World lifestyle? They will demand to eat meat, demand to drive nice cars, even Erdoğan encouraged them to do this years ago. How can this contradiction be explained in a country like the Netherlands, where in theory, it seems like you’re running out of space to some degree?
Yes, we are.
Of course, it’s hypocritical, and they are pretending. But it’s also just the case that facts don’t matter.
It’s not about arguments, it’s about ideology. And regarding the people coming in, they are not all refugees, but they are also people who are looking for a better life. And I don’t blame these people. If I were one of them, I would probably do the same. I blame my government for allowing it to happen.
But of course, if there is this huge influx of people, that will have a huge footprint on what the left thinks is a problem, climate change, but also in nature, because these (immigrants) will have the same way of life as the other people in the Netherlands. And they will do what you mentioned: They will buy a car, a house, and do the things that we think are normal.
But if you start talking about this point, then you are a racist. They don’t want a real debate about it, and they don’t want to hear arguments. If you say that we need more energy because we will have more people — that renewables may not pan out the way they assume they will — then you’re a climate denier. If you say we have to stop this illegal immigration, you’re again, a racist. And so every, let’s say grown-up debate can then end immediately, and they want that because they have run out of arguments and that’s why they resort to calling you names.
But as long as our media is not giving the real story of what’s going on, most of the people in the Netherlands or anywhere else will have no idea because it’s a very strong message from these Greens that is supported by the media.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Last year The WinePress reported on a set of documents published in 2017 that revealed the plans to build an interconnected smart city throughout The Netherlands and other parts of Europe. After reading Roos’ statement, it would appear that is a lot more truth to that than first realized.
[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:1-3
What the government is doing is absolutely atrocious and abominable for the obvious reasons, and their “proposals” are just basically edicts at this point, because the farmer’s voices have been ignored entirely.
But this is what happens when a people rejects Christ and his word, allowing tyrants to come in unabated and enforce absurd laws, enslaving the population.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 – Jesus Christ’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, referred to as the Comforter in the New Testament (John 14:26-27, 15:26, 16:7-15)
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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These are the same tactics the Russians used to starve people into submission/death. Land was stolen from the people.
The Netherlands needs to get out of EU NOW along with getting out of WHO! This insane totalitarian take-over needs to be stopped one way or another. We cannot allow these monsters to send us to our demise. The rulers have gone insane and want to get rid of us!
Exactly.
It would be helpful if the men would fight back and not comply to any of this. Getting out of the E.U. is ideal along with the UN which controls other countries incl.
if the constitution is anything like the USA then its the PEOPLES who make the rule but i also heard a danish woman from the netherlands confess on her channel that their country was the first one to accept and legalize ‘sodomite marriages’. i can locate the video if anyone is interested.
God knows who he is judging right and why. I say let the Master do his work as he does it best!