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Title: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: mab on February 16, 2011, 09:03:32 pm: Heard on the radio today that the plans for a super dairy in Lincs have been dropped - due to objections ;D ;D ;D. Lets hope it's for good!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-12485392 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-12485392)

mab
Title: Re: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: Hilarysmum on February 17, 2011, 10:55:38 am: WONDERFUL
Title: Re: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: morri2 on February 17, 2011, 11:45:03 am: Brilliant!! ;D ;D ;D This is NOT the way forward in farming - quite the opposite in fact.

Was this the one featured on Countryfile a few weeks ago?
Title: Re: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: sabrina on February 17, 2011, 12:14:40 pm: Delighted to hear this but no doubt it will appear again in the future. :cow:
Title: Re: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: Rosemary on February 17, 2011, 01:11:00 pm: I'm glad it's been dropped but it's already here.

Last year, working for RHET, I visited a few dairy farms. It wasn't unusual for the cows never to be at grass while in milk; some, but not all, were turned out during their dry period, but that depended on season, type of land etc. The highest yielding cows CANNOT survive on grass - they are genetically programmed to produce so much milk that they would, literally, milk themselves to death, so on most dairy farms the high yielders at peak lactation will be kept in.

So don't kid yourself that factory dairy farming has been averted - it hasn't. But if the consumer wants to buy 8 pints of milk for £2, that's the way it will be.
Title: Re: Lincolnshire super dairy plan dropped
Post by: Hilarysmum on February 18, 2011, 09:12:43 am: We are so lucky here, we can buy milk direct from the farm from free range cows who eat grass at the same price as the supermarket milk.