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BBCNEWS BBC Wales Investigates June 4, 2024 13:50:00

That digester is licensed to take animal waste from farms, and after producing energy, it sends the phosphate—rich leftovers to be spread on the land. weve followed some of that waste product. its being spread on this field. but as we were filming, we noticed that, on this occasion, muck appears to have been spread here, around two metres from the water in this culvert. legally, this gap should be at least six metres. i took a walk in the field a few months later. its been a bumper summer. cro...
Animal Waste Waste Product Bumper Summer

BBCNEWS BBC Wales Investigates June 4, 2024 11:49:00

On this field. but as we were filming, we noticed that, on this occasion, muck appears to have been spread here, around two metres from the water in this culvert. legally, this gap should be at least six metres. i took a walk in the field a few months later. its been a bumper summer. crops have been planted, harvested and taken away already. and over there is the culvert that runs down the edge of the field, and it finishes just over here. and this is what we are looking for. this is a culvert o...
Bumper Summer The Field

BBCNEWS BBC Wales Investigates June 4, 2024 11:37:00

Hi, how we doing? scientists here approach the problem from a different angle, looking at how much muck is being produced in the wye catchment. where you have these high areas of intensive livestock production, you end up with too much phosphorus available in the manure there to go on to the land. they estimate that around seven and a half thousand tonnes of phosphorus gets into the soil around the river wye every year. much of that by spreading muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is ...
Wye Catchment Legacy Phosphorus Livestock Production River Wye Poultry Farms Crop Requirement

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BBCNEWS BBC Wales Investigates June 4, 2024 05:39:00

They estimate that around 7,500 tonnes of phosphorus gets into the soil around the river wye every year. much of that by spreading muck from poultry farms. but only some of that is absorbed by crops. the rest is extra. youre left with a difference of about 3000 tonnes of phosphorus that is above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is nationally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you are too much phosphorus in ...
Legacy Phosphorus River Wye Poultry Farms Crop Requirement Water Quality Phosphorus Input

BBCNEWS BBC Wales Investigates June 4, 2024 05:50:00

Once that new shed is built, this farms muck will be taken off—site to an anaerobic digester. he is following the rules. that digester is licensed to take animal waste from farms, and after producing energy, it sends the phosphate—rich leftovers to be spread on the land. weve followed some of that waste product. its being spread on this field. but as we were filming, we noticed that, on this occasion, muck appears to have been spread here, around two metres from the water in this culvert. le...
Animal Waste Anaerobic Digester Waste Product Bumper Summer

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