Lack of investment causing pollution on tenant farms

Chief executive of the Welsh Dee Trust has warned ‘drawn out discussions' between tenants and landlords on who needs to pay for changes, means action to tackle pollution on-farm is often delayed

Rachael Brown
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Lack of investment causing pollution on tenant farms

Limited investment by landlords and estates into updating infrastructure on tenant farms was resulting in more pollution issues, the chief executive of the Welsh Dee Trust has warned. Peter Powell,...

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