Union warns new regulations would drive farmers out of business

Union warns new regulations would drive farmers out of business
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COSTLY WARNING: Slurry, silage and digestate would be affected by new Scottish Government proposals for reform.
Farmers could be driven out of the industry as a result of Scottish Government proposals to reform the rules on slurry, silage and digestate, according to NFU Scotland (NFUS).
Union president Martin Kennedy warned the proposals, which are set out in a government consultation  on improving storage and application, would  not only bring a costly overreliance on regulatory compliance, they would be unlikely to yield the desired outcomes.
The new proposals are designed to protect water quality and reduce agricultural emissions of ammonia and nitrogenous gases, and they include bringing stores built before 1991 – which are currently exempt from regulations –  in to line with current rules.

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