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News about projects financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (Dutch acronym LVVN) can be found here. News comes from various institutes within Wageningen University & Research.
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Arable farming and livestock farming: regulations hindering cooperation
- Effective collaboration between arable farmers and livestock farmers can contribute to circular agriculture and environmental goals such as improving... -
Horse in the Netherlands tested positive for equine infectious anaemia
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR, part of Wageningen University & Research) has found antibodies against equine infectious anaemia (EIA)... -
Wageningen University & Research to continue ‘Smaaklessen’ for four more years
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) collaborates with 17 companies in the Food Education Platform (VEP) to raise children's awareness of... -
“We can do much better at recycling clothes"
- The Dutch textile industry stands at a crossroads. Fast fashion and overconsumption are driving an ever-growing mountain of waste, while the... -
Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2024/2025
- On this page, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) presents an overview of highly pathogenic bird flu infections on Dutch poultry farms from... -
Space for new leadership in agriculture and horticulture
- The agricultural sector is under pressure due to significant challenges such as nitrogen emissions, climate change, and shifting societal demands. New... -
Vaccines offer longer term protection of layer hens in field study
- The two experimental bird flu vaccines currently in research in a field study, offer longer term protection to layer hens, but don’t prevent... -
WUR: no foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands
- No foot-and-mouth disease has been found in the Netherlands. All Dutch samples examined are negative. This conclusion was drawn by Wageningen... -
WBVR to test calves and bluetongue samples for presence of FMD
- An infection with Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMD) has been detected in three water buffaloes in the German state of Brandenburg. Minister Femke... -
Bluetongue in ruminants, updates 2024
- This year's first case of bluetongue in the Netherlands was confirmed on 14 June 2024. Since the confirmation of bluetongue serotype 3 in Ommeren,...