Talking double dutch above. The family farmers are to my mind rhe real farmers, and the dairy farmers and their workers who milk etc are the ones we think of when we talk about farming. But the incomers and business man distant from anything green and muddy and smelly are poseurs.

To add – I seem to remember that the Dutch dairy farmers have been limited in their undertakings there. So if that still applies in the Netherlands perhaps some have come hither to the lower nether-nether
lands where we are addicted to golden carrots waved before our faces – or perhaps it is hypnotism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_4ICFmAr_DQ 3.05m
If that is the case, we have room for ideas for change to improve.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ngati-tukorehe-to-fly-more-flags-after-racist-attack-on-its-whenua/P72TMN5YKVHHNKNGEQBI5NSVYA/

You and joseph always make sense so thanks, both of you.
Our present govt. cannot think round corners Joseph so hope of them making the connection between the cost of much needed infrastructure and why it’s needed. They think of one thing at a time and don’t want to know what problems that will cause. Inconvenient, you know.
I believe that successful societies all have a few things in common, Grey. Kindness and Fairness are in there. Cruelty and punishment, are not. Our society is under threat from our own, I hesitate to call them leaders, govt.
As the Americans are finding out, it can all turn to custard very quickly when the best people are sidelined.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/extremist-white-supremacist-group-behind-race-war-plots-remains-on-nz-terrorism-watchlist/DE6L4H3LSJH2ZMQYYCQ6VA5KH4/

Looking at the flooding situation – Europe knows and we will experience so must learn
The extensive lowlands across Europe, not just Netherlands but also France but not apparently, England:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Countries
…Geographically and historically, the area can also include parts of France (such as Nord and Pas-de-Calais) and the German regions of East Frisia, Guelders and Cleves. During the Middle Ages, the Low Countries were divided into numerous semi-independent principalities…

The  political grouping lowlands of Benelux:
Low Countries, Coastal region, northwestern Europe, consisting of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Known as the Low Countries because much of the land along the North Sea is below or at sea level, they are often called the Benelux countries, from the initial letters of their names.
Low Countries summary – Britannica
https://www.britannica.com › summary › Low-Countrie

England – The Fens  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fens
…Most of the Fens lie within a few metres of sea level. As with similar areas in the Netherlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands. These have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps. With the support of this drainage system, the Fenland has become a major arable agricultural region for grains and vegetables. The Fens are particularly fertile, containing around half of the grade 1 agricultural land in England.[4]

Today, arable farming has almost entirely replaced pastoral. The economy of the Fens is heavily invested in the production of crops such as grains, vegetables, and some cash crops such as rapeseed (canola)…
 [I think that it could be that the rapeseed called canola is GE modified.]

We are needing to look back at older practical, perhaps simpler,  methods of managing food-production land and water.   Perhaps we might start right NOW and not put it in the too-hard basket as is usual.   Life is showing us that usual is not an option!!