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Milk and Stront What will the Frisian cattle farmers do if the milk quota and the super levy disappear on April 1? Will they invest in more cows, or will they wait and see what happens first? The world market demands more dairy products and farmers are eager to become independent entrepreneurs. The expectation is that 20 to 30 percent more milk will be produced in Friesland. But the mood is still mixed. The super levy was conceived in 1984. Before that time, farmers could milk as much as they wanted for years. The result: cold stores full of farmer's butter. A quota had to limit milk production to keep demand and supply in balance. A penalty levy followed if too much milk was produced. But in the last ten years, that system has not worked. Fryslân DOK asks the investing farmers Wienia in Eastrum, cautious natural farmer Klaas Oevering and farmer Jan Huitema of the European Parliament how they see the future. But also Sjoerd Galema, commissioner at FrieslandCampina, farmer forewoman Sita van Keimpema and the veteran fighter of the farmers' union CBTB Pé Miedema will speak.