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| Germany bans farmers from fertilizing own land to serve E.U.'s 'green agenda' |
| 2022-12-06 |
| [WND] Farmers in Germany have been banned from properly fertilizing large areas of their land under strict EU rules pushing the green agenda. The use of nitrate fertilizers has been further restricted for large swathes of farmland in North Rhine-Westphalia, which is now likely to drastically reduce yields. Although German authorities have implemented the ban, it is ultimately at the behest of the European Union, which is seeking to reduce the amount of nitrogen to tackle ’climate change.’ The policy has already wreaked havoc in the Netherlands. Now the push has extended into Germany, forcing farmers to use 20 percent less fertilizer. German news outlet Bild reported that a third of the total usable farmland in North Rhine-Westphalia falls under this new restriction. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Freezing and starving people; where have we seen this before? |
| Posted by: Aiarndee 2022-12-06 20:32 |
| #13 While the Germans are banning things. How about banning American agricultural and petroleum products. That will save the American consumer some cash. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2022-12-06 19:52 |
| #12 There are problems like that at Grand Lake St. Marys in Ohio. Chicken production/farming was the problem, not grain farming that adds nitrate fertilizers to the soil. There is more to the story here. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2022-12-06 19:49 |
| #11 The fertilizer we're talking about is mostly pig manure (Gülle). Too much of it is a problem and due to mass animal farming there is too much of it. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2022-12-06 16:38 |
| #10 I see Victory Gardens in the fusha. |
| Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 2022-12-06 16:32 |
| #9 So just trundle your John Deere and spreader down to city hall and hit the ‘go’ button. Old farm joke: while John Deere warrants all their products, they refuse to stand behind their manure spreader….. (Try your waitress, tip your veal. Or something) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2022-12-06 15:30 |
| #8 That's interesting EC. Thanks. I used to live in a community with similar drinking water issues. Formerly mostly farm land, it transformed into a bedroom town that used ground water for drinking and septic for waste. It finally built a sewer system a few years ago. |
| Posted by: JHH 2022-12-06 14:35 |
| #7 Damien Thorn smiles. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-12-06 14:34 |
| #6 This has nothing to do with climate change. NRW has too much nitrate in its drinking water, often more than 50 milligrams per liter. This toxicity limit was set by the EU for drinking water and groundwater because nitrate turns into nitrite in the body and poses an acute health risk. The threshold value is based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO). |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2022-12-06 14:14 |
| #5 Everybody (who matters) knows food comes from stores. Just as it's flicking the switch that powers the lights. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-06 12:19 |
| #4 One can only surmise that EU leaders want a famine. It would be a crisis, of course, and we all know how these people love to exploit crises. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-12-06 12:16 |
| #3 Since when is nitrogen a greenhouse gas? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-12-06 11:12 |
| #2 The land becomes worthless - gets purchased cheap by Bill Gates or other billionaire tyrant - now he owns the food instead of us. And food is the most terrifying weapon in the world. We need a constant supply of it and any interruption will turn us into slaves to anyone who has it. When you need to kill large numbers of people, famine is the best weapon there is. Accept no substitutes. |
| Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-06 10:29 |
| #1 Insanity...the race is on to see what kills them first - bitter cold or starvation |
| Posted by: Warthog 2022-12-06 09:48 |