[[File:Dutch police.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Armed Dutch police breaking up farm protest against EU environmental radicalism.<ref>https://rmx.news/poland/poland-shocked-after-dutch-farmers-shot-at-by-police-expert-warns-of-violence-seen-in-western-liberal-democracies-coming-east/</ref>]]
[[File:Dutch police.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Armed Dutch police breaking up farm protest against EU environmental radicalism.<ref>https://rmx.news/poland/poland-shocked-after-dutch-farmers-shot-at-by-police-expert-warns-of-violence-seen-in-western-liberal-democracies-coming-east/</ref>]]
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'''Dutch farmers''' are important opponents of [[global warming]] alarmists in [[Europe]]. Dutch livestock farmers have been protesting [[liberal]] attempts to reduce livestock by 30% by 2030.
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'''Dutch farmers''' are important opponents of [[global warming]] alarmists in [[Europe]]. Dutch livestock farmers have been protesting [[liberal]] attempts to reduce livestock by 30% by 2030 and requirements to reduce [[nitrogen]] fertilizers.
In the [[Netherlands]], 54% of the country is farmland, and in 2020 there were 16,000 dairy farms. There is one cow for every ten persons, totaling 1.59 million cows in the small country.
In the [[Netherlands]], 54% of the country is farmland, and in 2020 there were 16,000 dairy farms. There is one cow for every ten persons, totaling 1.59 million cows in the small country.