Belgian farmers spray manure at police during protest

Jokes on them, pics are happy rolling around in shit.

What really gets Dochy is when bureaucratic deadlines are imposed on him, for example if certain crops or green fertilizers need to be sown by Sep. 1.

I am sure these regulations are well meaning, but something like this is dumb. It makes a good GUIDELINE, but recent weather conditions can throw off planned harvest times or plant times. I remember visiting back home near Wichita and on the news the farmers were bemoaning, despite a terribly dry year, they got a bunch of rain when it was time to harvest and had to delay it by about a week. Lots of factors like late plant times or weather conditions can move up or push back harvest times as well. The farmers want the best yield possible, and they really don’t need to be told when to do things.

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