David Morley DEFRA is to target air quality issues on England s farms with the launch of a new range of capital grants later this year. Although the final details are yet to be announced, it is expected that these Air Quality grants will be available for items and works that will help reduce ammonia emissions. Examples of these include:
Low emissions flooring for buildings.
Auto slurry scrapers.
Shelter belt tree planting to intercept emissions or reduce airflow over manure heaps and slurry stores. Added to Defra s already launched Water Capital and Hedgerow and Boundaries grants, the Air Quality scheme brings the total available for such on-farm improvements in England to £60k per applicant in this scheme year.