In the flat expanse of the Dutch countryside, Corne de Rooij nostalgically strokes the muzzles of his calves, wondering how long he will be able to keep them. Livestock farming is one of the main ...

Turkey’s red meat association has ordered a consignment of prize Dutch cattle to be sent back to the Netherlands, saying it no longer wants to farm the cows due to the diplomatic crisis between the ...

The Dutch government has announced a new nitrogen-reduction package that includes a land-based dairy standard of 2.6 livestock units per hectare ...

Several whoopie pies grazed a grassy hill while a few Oreos chewed their cud under a bright spring sun. While these ladies might resemble the popular desserts, they’re actually Dutch belted dairy cows ...

Such an animal has not been seen on Czech territory for hundreds of years. A Dutch breeding program has recreated massive bovines closely related to aurochs, once the heaviest European land mammal and ...

Angry Dutch farmers brought their cows to parliament, threatening to slaughter them in protest of the government’s nitrogen reduction targets. The country’s goal to halve nitrogen output by 2030 will ...

Campylobacter was found at most beef cattle farms and a quarter of them had Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, according to a Dutch study. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment ...

Around the corner from the office of Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ prime minister, lies the Koediefstraat, or “cow-thief street”. Many Dutch farmers might find the name appropriate: by their lights, ...