Campaign group claims assurance body misled the public with its 'farmed with care' message
In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on new Government plans that could force farmers and landowners to sell their land at a lower value, how lab-grown meat, dairy and sugar could hit retail shelves within two years, and a 'landmark' court ruling for environmental campaign group River Action, which has thrown out the NFU's bid to have chicken manure classed as an agricultural by-product, rather than as industrial ‘waste'
River Action says classification of poultry manure as 'waste' is victory for those trying to save Britain's rivers
A spokesperson for River Action said: "It was a genuine mistake corrected minutes later in the BBC programme"
River Action has funded a judicial review following Shropshire Council's decision to grant LJ Cooke and Son permission for four poultry rearing buildings, each over 100m long, and a biomass store with boilers at North Farm in Montford Bridge
Lawyers claim intensive chicken farming is to blame for historic Wye catchment pollution