The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture is investigating its dairy farms after it was discovered that some had been incorrectly registering their cows in order to fraudulently increase production without meeting environmental requirements on phosphates.
A third of the 8,000 Dutch dairy farms are suspected of fraud. A block was put on over 2,000 farms at the start of February so that on-the-spot checks could be carried out.
In the Netherlands, each dairy cow must be registered: prior to giving...