Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

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What happened

In a soggy field between Amsterdam and The Hague, farmer Sander Roeleveld plows a small white combine harvester into his crops, gathering a grain never before harvested in the Netherlands: rice.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:10:01 UTC.

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