The Dutch Agricultural Ministry has confirmed the country is free of foot-and-mouth
disease and lifted all remaining restrictions at midnight last night [25 June].

The Netherlands confirmed 26 cases during the European outbreak which has dominated
agricultural headlines over the last few months. No cases have been confirmed
since 22 April, over two months ago. More than 260,000 animals were culled at
around 2,900 farms.

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According to Reuters, the Dutch Central Planning Bureau estimated
last month that the highly infectious disease would cost the Netherlands about
$1.1bn and shave 0.3 percentage points off economic growth this year.

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