New research for the first time reveals the areas of the UK both where the most animal manure from factory farms is produced and also where it is spread, indicating the river catchments most at risk from agricultural pollution. The data, compiled in an interactive ‘Muck Map’ of the UK, models indicative muck spread on farmland and also the river catchments where the most is produced. This reveals that the Severn, Great Ouse, Ouse (Yorkshire), Trent, Norfolk Rivers Group and the Wye top the list of river catchments where animal…
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