Dutch quality ducks
![Duck farmer Erik Staal pays great attention to uniformity and quality, earning an extra pre-mium from integration manager Nijboer (in blue). [Photo: Koos Groenwold]](https://live.poultryworld.net/app/uploads/2021/04/001_499_rb-image-2691203-848x565.jpeg)
The Dutch duck farmer Erik Staal spends a lot of time making sure his animals are of high quality and ?uniform. This is why he receives the maximum quality premium of 3 cents per kilogram from the Cooperation VSE. Peking duck is relatively unknown in the Netherlands. The average Dutch person will eat around 200 grams of duck meat per year. The animal is sold as a whole duck or divided into, for instance, (smoked) chest fillets, ham or thighs. The duck season starts about halfway through Septemb
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