On Monday, 4,500 farmers gathered in Odense on Funen to protest the government’s new nitrogen regulation. For farmer Kaare Larsen, the problem is not the goal itself, but a lack of understanding of the reality in the fields.

The marine environment is gasping for air, while the farmer calls the new law »pure populism«

Chairman of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Søren Søndergaard, addressed the members standing in front of a backdrop of hay bales. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

A smack echoes from a red Valtra tractor. Kaare Larsen jumps out, crouches in the wet field, and points to a small green rapeseed shoot.

»This one could turn out to be expensive for me«, he says.

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