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to increase food production in this densely populated nation. This agricultural obsession has shaped the country’s landscape. Farmers use fully
It’s become all too clear that bigger is not better. In economic terms, overproduction suppresses prices. Yet amidst the furor, the role of financial institutions has largely escaped scrutiny outside of the country. van Liere argues that Rabobank essentially financed the nitrogen crisis . “The farmers protests’ have been financed by large companies in the agro sector,” van Liere says. “Vion has for instance paid thousands of euros.
Currently intensive farming is only profitable for the industries around a farmer, John Arink believes. His own farm, Ekoboederij Arink, is far from intensive. It’s a mixed non-industrial holding of cows, pigs, chickens, a farm shop, a small hotel, and a restaurant. Most of the revenue comes from direct sales to customers. As the cows eat grass, which comes from the land and from a nature protection organization, Arink does not need to buy food for them.
According to the spokesperson, “Rabobank assesses new financing just as heavily on sustainability as it does on the financial sustainability of the company.” The bank is now explicitly envisioning a future with fewer livestock in the Netherlands, a sea change from its former practices. Holtkuile says that he generally has a good relationship with Rabobank, although “they don’t want you to take too much risk.” His family farm received a loan from Rabobank to build a new pig barn in 2021. This now houses 1,100 pigs under the Krull concept, where straw and sawdust are laid down so that pigs can sniff around and act more in keeping with their natural behaviors, though they remain indoors.
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