date:Jun 07, 2012
helping to stop rising food prices, more profitable super farms find it easier to protect the environment and animals, he said.
Last year, a planning application from Nocton Dairies in Lincolnshire to house 8,000 dairy cows was withdrawn due to concerns about water pollution.
Elsewhere, super herds are not uncommon. A dairy super herd in Saudi Arabia numbers more than 36,000 animals.