Farming Abroad: From Dutch Plains to Slovak Fields

What happens when the family farm becomes too small forthe next generation? Looking back on four years of farming in Slovakia, the Dutch brothers Rick and Thijs de Schutter recall facing more than just new soils and climates. Securing irrigation rights forced them to rethink which crops they could grow while the challenge of updating decades-old machinery became essential. As they built a smaller, specialised team and navigated unfamiliar regulations, the brothers learned toadapt to their new...