Farm manager of a diversified agri-business in north Herefordshire, poultry, renewables, soft fruit, orchards, viticulture and holiday lettings. Nsch 2022.
Thanks for @WUFoundation and to chicken farmer @JamesARWrigh for having us - great to take part in this discussion.
You can see more on @ITVTonight this evening at 8.30pm on ITV1
But there are solutions. Here’s a VERY large farm (producing 5million chickens a year!) that’s now burning its manure to keep it out of waterways & create fertiliser from ash. But it’s expensive. Out of reach for most farmers. So will others (@Tesco? @AvaraFoods? et al) help pay?
@HarkerAndrew I’m sure one day it may do, however in the river wye catchment we have significant legacy phosphate issues, land spreading high P organic manures poses challenges, our system facilitates shipping the high P ash further afield to where it can be used responsibly
An absolute pleasure to host our new 2021 & 2022 @NuffieldFarming Scholars at Parliament today for a great discussion session with Lord Curry & our @DefraGovUK Secretary of State George Eustice.
From 15 different countries, we exchanged brilliant ideas & fresh thinking.