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Dutch Livestockmen Face
Environmental Challenges
by Cline J. Warren
Former Assistant U.S.
Agricultural Attache
The Hague
Maintaining a thriving
livestock economy in close
concert with one of the
world’s highest population
densities poses a serious
environmental challenge to
the Netherlands. Recently,
the Dutch have stepped up
their efforts .to combat
pollution - and some of the
techniques have wide ap
plication on farms in other
countries, which in
creasingly face similar
problems.
Worldwide, environmental
concerns are expected to
have a growing impact on
output of farm products, as
well as other resources. In
the United States, for
example, many livestock
producers and food
processors face added in
vestment as a result of new
amendments to the 1972
Federal Water Pollution Act.
More and more, the cost of
resolving environmental
problems will affect both
producer and consumer.
The Dutch traditionally
have had a high commitment
to ecology. Now, because of
uptrending livestock
numbers, population growth,
and industrial expansion, the
commitment Is being in
tensified. Among present
efforts is the use of manure
banks partly paid for by the
Government. National
guidelines to control
pollution have been
established, to be carried out
at the local level. Proposals
for faster decisions and
uniform environmental
standards are being con
sidered.
The Netherlands is a small
country with an area of
14,140 square miles - about
the size of Maryland and
Delaware. The magnitude of
the wolid waste disposal
problem in the livestock
sector alone is illustrated by
the country’s annual
livestocl population numbers
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of 4.5 million cows, 10 million
hogs, 300 million broilers, 5
million turkeys, and 25
million layers.
Moreover, during the last
two decades, Holland’s
livestock numbers have
grown at an average annual
rate of 4.2 percent. This
growth is expected to con
tinue, possibly at a slower
pace, and there is a growing
awareness that present and
future expansion must be
coordinated with measures
for pollution control.
Along with growing animal
numbers, the Netherlands
has a human population
desity of close to 1,050 per
sons per square mile - one of
the highest in the world. In
1973, population totaled some
13.4 million persons.
When waste from livestock
production is considered
along with from
livestock processing plants,
however, the country
reportedly has a volume of
solid waste for disposal
equivalent to that of a human
population of 35 to 40 million.
Problems of solid waste
disposal at the farm level are
confined mainly to Dutch
farms producing pork, veal,
and broilers. These types of
livestock have shown the
most rapid pace of growth
and produce stable manure
at a faster rate than can be
efficiently utilized on the
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As recently as 1967, waste
cleaned from broiler and
turkey houses was roughly
valued at 0.1 cents per bird.
Now, growers reportedly can
only dispose of this litter by
making it available to neigh
boring crop farmers free or
by paying a fee to have it
removed.
An increasing number of
pork and veal producers face
similar problems. The
situation is most acute in the
Provinces of North Brabant,
Limburg, and Gelderland.
But the problem is more one
of distribution than of sur
plus.
To cope with . the
mountain of waste that is
now created on Dutch farms
in the mam livestock areas,
farm groups have set up
manure banks in each of
these three Provinces. These
banks act as intermediaries
between livestock producers
with an oversupply of
manure and farmers with a
need for fertilizer.
The creation of more
manure banks is being
promoted by the
Agricultural Development
and Reorganization Fund
with strong support from the
Minister of Public Health
and Environment. The
manure banks are foun
dations; their operating
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costs arc partly borne by the
Government. Various
agricultural organizations
have members on the
managing board of each -
bank.
Transportation of the
manure is contracted with
private firms that use
specially designed tank cars
and costs are normally paid
by the receiver. Tran
sporataion costs in 1973-74
averaged about 6 guilders
($2.40) per metric ton. If the
manure must be hauled
more than 5 miles, the
recipient can qualify for a
Government subsidy of 3
guilders per ton.
A major problem in the
manure-bank concept is
the imbalance between
supply and demand.
Although the supply of
manure is rather constant
throughout the year, demand
is concentrated in the fall
and the spring.
This problem is being
solved by an open-pit storage
system. Since manure
receivers generally lack
storage facilities, the
manure banks have designed
an open-pit manure storage
system for which they supply
a seamless polyethylene
liner without charge. Plans
are also underway for the
construction of regional
storage facilities.
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