Malta: Opposition mounts to ‘factory farm’ plans that will house 8,100 cows

Guardian: Opposition is mounting over a plan to farm 8,100 cows in "battery conditions" at Britain's largest dairy – a complex of indoor hangars that protesters say will match the carbon emissions of 3,000 homes. Everything from pollution worries to possible damage to Roman remains is being thrown into the fight to stop the 22-acre development in Lincolnshire, which is set to revolutionise milk production methods. The consortium of dairy farmers behind the idea, linking herds in ......

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