Pig and Poultry Farms' 'Significant' Environmental Impact Revealed in New Report

Powys has more than half of Wales' chickens, report says amid rivers warning

Pollution from pig and poultry farming is harming rivers, the wider landscape and nature, a report from the Wildlife Trusts says.

Pig and poultry farms' 'significant' environmental impact revealed in new report

UK pig and poultry farms are impacting the environment, but farmers 'are facing enormous challenges'

Report reveals ‘true scale’ of environmental impact of pig and poultry farming

A study for the Wildlife Trusts highlights the scale of waste produced by the livestock sectors and the land used to grow feed.

Pig and poultry farming harms environment on huge scale, report warns

Waste from pig and poultry farming is around 10.4 million cubic metres annually

Wildlife Trusts report ‘lacks context and hard evidence of pig sector environmental damage’ – NPA chief exec

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Report reveals ‘true scale’ of environmental impact of pig and poultry farming - Rother Radio

Pollution from the “huge” pig and poultry farming sectors is harming rivers, the wider landscape and nature, a report from the Wildlife Trusts warns. The findings from the report into the environmental impact of the sectors reveal the waste from producing millions of pigs and billions of birds and eggs a year is about 10.4 million cubic metres annually – the equivalent to 4,160 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The high levels of nutrients, such as …