Despite the concern long expressed by environmental
experts there is, evidence that some livestock
farmers may still be. Unaware of their industry 's
potential for environmental damage. A 1994 report
by Richert et al. (1994), for example revealed,, That
when Kansas pork producers, were surveyed it was
found that less than half of them were concerned
about nitrates in. Swine, manureA potential environmental
hazard and only, 27 percent showed concern
about the phosphorus content of swine manure. A
study. By Wathes et al. (1997) on environmental impact
assessments submitted by farmers under planning
rules for intensive livestock. Developments
found only 10 percent of them to be adequate compared
to other planning applications and only a few
.Farmers used soil or, ecological consultants or
showed any understanding of surface and ground
water problems.
The smell. From factory farms is a major cause of
complaint from members of the public. Farm
buildings smell because of the decay of. Organic
matter such as faeces urine skin,,,,, hair and feed and
sometimes also bedding. The Institute of Grassland
.And Environmental Research (Pain 1994a) estimated
that there were around 4 000 complaints, of bad
smell from farms every. Year mainly, emanating
from, manure spreading livestock buildings and
waste stores. Pig farms headed the list of complaints
(57. Percent), followed by poultry farms (27 percent),
cattle farms (17 percent) and feed processing (10
percent), (Pain 1994b.).
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