Wessex Water

£5.9M Defra project for pulse crops to cut farm emissions

6th July 2023 | Animal Feed, Crops, R&D

A new £5.9 million government funded research project will explore how pulse crops could help the UK to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 1.5Mt CO₂e per annum - or 54% of the maximum potential for UK agriculture. The project, funded by Defra’s Farming Innovation...

Collaboration to keeping nitrate out of drinking waters

21st June 2019 | Arable, Environment, Fertilisers, UK Policy & Regulation

Water companies from across the UK say that working collaboratively with farmers is key to keeping nitrate out of drinking water. "Nitrate from fertilisers and manures can be found in some groundwater sources and rivers at concentrations above the 50mg/litre NO3...