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Litres of manure a day. so, all the cows in the uk produce more than 50 billion litres a year. that�*s enough to fill wembley stadium 12 times over. properly applied, it�*s a highly valuable fertiliser, called slurry. this is the river nadder in wiltshire. there should be some mayfly in there. oh, yes. yeah, look at that. david is a volunteer, taking samples of the smallest creatures to monitor the health of the river. how do you feel looking down at this tray and the life in it, as opposed ...

Suffered, and half of all pollution caused by agriculture is down to the industry that gives us billions of pints of milk a year. while supplying that industry, each dairy cow produces up to 53 litres of manure a day. so all the cows in the uk produce more than 50 billion litres a year. thats enough to fill wembley stadium 12 times over. properly applied, its a highly valuable fertiliser, called slurry. there are strict laws on how it should be treated, but if too much is spread or it rains hard...

Was prosecuted for both leaks and ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds. do you think people are aware that this is a problem? no, i think farm pollution has been hidden away for far too long. its the unseen contamination, though, that really worries conservationists — the creeping decline of life. this is a river thats really suffered, and half of all pollution caused by agriculture is down to the industry that gives us billions of pints of milk a year. while supplying that industry, eac...