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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.<ref>See [[war on cow flatulence]].</ref>

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.<ref>See [[war on cow flatulence]].</ref>

Merely twice the size of the small state of [[New Jersey]], the Netherlands was the third-largest dairy exporting country in the world in 2019.<ref name="D">https://www.darigold.com/third-largest-dairy-producing-country-sustainability/</ref>  The Netherlands is the largest exporter of meat in the entire [[EU]].

Merely twice the size of the small state of [[New Jersey]], the Netherlands was the third-largest dairy exporting country in the world in 2019.<ref name="D">https://www.darigold.com/third-largest-dairy-producing-country-sustainability/</ref>  The Netherlands is the largest exporter of meat in the entire [[EU]].  In 2019, Dutch farms exported an estimated 94.5 billion euros in goods.

Cow herd sizes are only a third in the Netherlands compared with the U.S.:

Cow herd sizes are only a third in the Netherlands compared with the U.S.:

Dutch police have fired at farmers protesting [[European Union]] [[climate change]] rules.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/</ref><ref>https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/7/7/23198400/why-tractor-riding-dutch-farmers-protesting-against-emissions-regulations-netherlands</ref>

Dutch police have fired at farmers protesting [[European Union]] [[climate change]] rules.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/</ref><ref>https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/7/7/23198400/why-tractor-riding-dutch-farmers-protesting-against-emissions-regulations-netherlands</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==