Dutch Farmers Push Manure Exports to Poland as EU Nitrogen Limits Create Surplus
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 13
Dutch Farmers Push Manure Exports to Poland as EU Nitrogen Limits Create Surplus
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 13
Summary
A manure marketplace in Minikowo, Poland, drew Dutch sellers and more than a dozen Polish farm suppliers as the Netherlands sought buyers for excess cow and pig waste.
EU rules that fully took effect this year sharply limited how much manure Dutch farmers can spread at home, leaving farms with more animal waste than they can legally use.
That surplus has pushed Dutch producers to market manure in Poland, Germany and France, where farmers are farther from their nitrogen ceilings.
The trade got an added lift after February attacks on Iran disrupted Strait of Hormuz shipping, sending mineral fertilizer and the fuel used to make it sharply higher.