LARGE-SCALE DAIRY UNITS

leave out from `year' to end and insert `further notes the fact that the most environmentally sensitive and sustainable way to farm is to produce the maximum amount, from the minimum land, using the minimum non-renewable resources, as stated by Chief Scientist at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Professor Ian Crute; recognises that cows should have access to as much pasture time as possible; understands that in most parts of the country it would be impractical to have dairy cows outside for any more than four or five months due to poor weather and availability of grazing; further notes that if the welfare of cows in the Lincolnshire proposal was at all in question then the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs would have stepped in on behalf of the Government; and urges retailers and producers of dairy products to recognise the points above.'.