More and more Dutch farmers are leaving home to buy a farm abroad. The reason for this lies in the agrarian policy of the Netherlands.

To date, a large number of Dutch farmers are considering selling their farm. Interfarms, the international agricultural real estate broker, reports this in its report.

In the 1980s and 1990s, 300 farm families left farms and the Netherlands every year. At the beginning of this century, the number of emigrants fell to about 30 per year.

Due to the requirements of phosphate laws that entered into force in 2015, this number has recently risen to around 75 a year. The number of young emigrants is expected to increase significantly again due to restrictions on the use of nitrates planned in agriculture.

The Netherlands is a small country with not the best soils and climatic conditions. Despite this, over the past 50 years, it has managed to reach the 2nd place in the world (after the USA) in terms of the volume of exported agricultural products.

Interfarms helps dozens of farmers go abroad and notes a significant increase in interest in this. The most popular countries are Germany and Denmark, but interest in Canada is growing fastest.

A significant increase in costs prevented some farmers from continuing their activities in the Netherlands. They felt that they were at a disadvantage because they were investing in modern livestock buildings that meet all the requirements of protecting the environment and animal welfare.

Currently, there is a problem with nitrite, and this leads to the need to invest new funds, which further complicates the business for farmers.

According to recent data, there were 55,700 farms in the Netherlands that cultivated nearly 1.8 million hectares. Over the past 10 years, the number of farms has decreased by about a third, as in Germany.

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