Farmers protest fertilizer law with aerial message
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- Hundreds of Danish farmers drove tractors to Copenhagen earlier in the week to protest a bill setting new limits on fertilizer use.
- A second protest near Ikast aims to assemble tractors and trucks into the message “No farmers, no food, no future,” visible from the air.
- Parliament passed bill L5 by 119 votes to 34 on Thursday.
Danish farmers are taking their protest against the country’s new fertilizer law to a field north of Ikast, where they plan to use tractors and trucks to write a message visible from the air.
The event, titled “Uprising from the fields,” follows a demonstration in which several hundred farmers drove tractors to Copenhagen. The farmers oppose the law proposal, which establishes new limits on how much fertilizer they may apply to their land.
Organizers want more than 1,000 vehicles to join the display. More than 350 people had signed up on Facebook by Sunday morning, while about 1,600 others had indicated interest.
The vehicles are intended to form the words “No farmers, no food, no future.” Parliament passed bill L5 on Thursday by 119 votes to 34.
Uprising from the fields
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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