'Emotion and pain' as Dutch farmers fight back against huge cuts to livestock

Farmers express fury at government drive to tackle nitrogen pollution through a major reduction in numbers of pigs, cattle and chickens in the NetherlandsAlong roads and bridges in the Netherlands, people are hanging the Dutch flag upside down. It is a sign of solidarity with the Dutch farming sector, which will also be upturned by a radical 30% reduction in livestock numbers, a move being made to meet environmental targets.In recent weeks, farmers have blocked off food distribution centres with hundreds of tractors, blockaded major roads and turned up outside regional assemblies and ministers' homes to protest. One late-night protest ended with a police officer accused of firing a gun at a 16-year-old farmer's son. Continue reading...