No mega-dairies in Nocton - fortunately

The controversial 'mega-dairies' that alarm campaigners and divide a struggling sector of British agriculture

'Earlier this year, Mr Willes and the Parkham Farms Partnership were prosecuted in relation to a number of pollution incidents in 2014 and ordered to pay more than £30,000 in fines'.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-controversial-mega-dairies-that-alarm-campaigners-and-divide-a-struggling-sector-of-british-a6744511.html

Fines totalling £30,000 imposed on Devon farm for pollution offences

'Appearing before Barnstaple magistrates, Peter Willes was fined a total of £4,280, Richard Marsden was fined £3,780 and the Parkham Farms partnership was fined £22,620.'

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Fines-totalling-30-000-imposed-Devon-farm/story-27509420-detail/story.html

The march of the industrial mega-dairy - is this the future of milk?

'Never mind the pollution, slurry lagoons, and heavy plant on country lanes - do we want the cows that produce our milk confined to sheds?'

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2986357/the_march_of_the_industrial_megadairy_is_this_the_future_of_milk.html

Parkham Farms cheese factory in Devon fined for pollution

'A dairy farm owner and manager from Devon and their company have been ordered to pay £30,680 in fines and costs for polluting a stream , illegally damming another stream and breaching an environmental permit.'

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parkham-farms-cheese-factory-in-devon-fined-for-pollution

History repeating itself...

Dairy farmer fined £23K+ for slurry pollution

'He admitted allowing controlled waste to be deposited without a permit at Beckland Farm on February 2, 2010, and causing slurry and milk to enter a stream on or before the same day, and a further charge of allowing effluent in another stream on or before February 11 last year.'

http://www.waterbriefing.org/home/regulation-and-legislation/item/4136-dairy-farmer-fined-%C2%A323k%20-for-slurry-pollution?tmpl=component&print=1

Plummeting milk price prompts 'stealth' rise of 2,000-cow 'mega dairies' in UK

'Industrial-scale dairy farming first came to British shores five years ago when plans were put forward for a 8,100-cow facility at Nocton in Lincolnshire.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/plummeting-milk-price-prompts-rise-of-2000-cow-mega-dairies-in-britain-a6744501.html

Nocton Dairies controversy

'This controversy is likely to have a lasting impact on Britain's future dairy policy.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocton_Dairies_controversy