Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy has approved a scheme to buy-out farmers in Holland.  Approval of this strategy was required to distinguish the program from a subsidy that would be disallowed. The objective of buying out at least a third of the farms in Holland is to reduce nitrogen emission from CAFO's and family operated dairy units.

The LTO in Holland analogous to the Farm Bureau Federation in the U.S. will require that buy- outs should be "designed in such a way that they really offer farmers who voluntarily cease operation the opportunity to end their businesses".  The LTO is also advocating transition schemes to allow farmers to reduce nitrogen emission through applying technology or conversion from dairy production to other livestock or agricultural activities.