Five Questions About Rising Agricultural Land Prices
Anyone who wants to run a farm needs land—and in the Netherlands, farmland is becoming increasingly scarce. It’s not just farmers competing for land: housing, industry and nature conservation are all competing for the same plots. This pushes prices up. So, can young farmers still afford to take over the family farm? And are high land prices standing in the way of more sustainable farming practices? We asked land price expert Jop Woltjer to explain.
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