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Somerset farmer ordered to pay £5k over river pollution

Silage effluent found to have polluted watercourse close to Taunton dairy farm

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A Somerset farmer has been forced to pay £5,000 over river pollution
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A Somerset farmer has been forced to pay £5,000 over river pollution

A Somerset farmer has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the River Fivehead close to his farm. Dairy farmer Daniel Macey of Underhill Farm, Staple...

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