Agricultural suitability for pasture/livestock farming

Description

The report was drawn up at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality with the aim of investigating whether there are arguments to protect fertile agricultural land. Fertile agricultural land is defined in the reporting as land suitable for agriculture on the basis of physical, chemical and biological properties, which refers to maximum crop yield with minimal pressure on the environment and minimal use of consumables. The maps Agricultural suitability of arable farming and pasture farming have been drawn up by determining the reduced yield (yield depression) in relation to optimal soil and hydrological conditions in which fertilizers and pesticides are sufficiently available, but irrigation is not. The yield loss rates for flooding and moisture shortage determined. Lands with yield loss rates of 0-15% are agriculturally best suited for arable and pasture farming, 15-40% less suitable for agriculture but in use thanks to the many tools (fertilizers, irrigation, etc.). >40% limited suitable for agriculture. As stated in the definition, the environmental impact is part of soil fertility. In the report, the agronomic suitability is combined with environmental impact with phosphorus and copper. Reports show that part of the Netherlands cannot be defined as ‘fertile’ due to current environmental pressures and/or quality. NB. The map refers to areas that were already in agricultural use around 1900 (see 5.1) agricultural land in the drained polders after 1900. The areas that were already in use as agricultural land in 1900 can be regarded as relatively suitable land and in any case more suitable than the land that was nature at the time and was later cultivated. In South Holland, after 1900, there were no more extractions after enough. Data for Figure 5.3 from Alterra Report 1693 Yield depression in grassland due to flooding and moisture shortage. Expressed in % of potential yield. Both in case of moisture shortage and flooding, growth slows down. In wet soils, growth starts later in the spring, there are also losses due to trampling and soiling of the grass and growth slowdown due to trampling of the sod.

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Name Format Description Link
23 https://www.nationaalgeoregister.nl/geonetwork/srv/dut/catalog.search#/metadata/96f2cc0b-98dc-4272-8c77-ebd641b754bb
0 https://geoservices.zuid-holland.nl/arcgis/services/Bodem/Bodem_ecologie/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
34 https://geoservices.zuid-holland.nl/arcgis/services/Bodem/Bodem_ecologie/MapServer/WMSServer?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetMap&layers=Landbouwkundige_geschiktheid_-_Veeteelt22289&CRS=EPSG:28992&bbox=43662.62000000104,406692.0,130480.8759999983,483120.0&width=768&styles=&height=676&format=image%252Fpng
0 https://geo.zuid-holland.nl/Data/atom/bodem/GESCHIKTHEID_WEIDEBOUW.xml
21 https://geoservices.zuid-holland.nl/arcgis/rest/services/Bodem/Bodem_ecologie/MapServer

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  • geschikt
  • landbouw
  • landbouwontwikkelingsgebieden
  • weide
  • geschiktheid
  • bodemkwaliteit
  • landbouwgronden
  • akker
  • weidebouw
  • akkerbouw

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