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How maize craze threatens future of West Country land
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<blockquote data-quote="Boysground" data-source="post: 1722374" data-attributes="member: 610"><p>I have 2 ad plants within 4 miles of here. Neither uses a kg of maize or any other farm grown crop. They both use exclusively super market/ food processing waste, apparently one of them can have 20 trucks a day turning up. I can never make up my mind if it a good thing that all this waste is being used efficiently rather than dumped in landfill or that it is such a waste of all this food that is being dumped. I know it is not uncommon for in date items to be put in the digester because they do not have enough time left to be on the shelves.</p><p></p><p>I do agree that soil runoff can be a particular issue. Perhaps the government/ DEFRA missed the boat on this, they could have put later sowing dates for cover crops enabling some farmers to establish a cover after maize (I know this isn't possible on all soils) which would help reduce runoff. I would have liked that option here.</p><p></p><p>I always get slightly annoyed with the soil association as they do fail to mention that maize with its different photosynthesis uses more carbon than other plants so it could be classed as being very beneficial to the environment.</p><p></p><p>Bg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boysground, post: 1722374, member: 610"] I have 2 ad plants within 4 miles of here. Neither uses a kg of maize or any other farm grown crop. They both use exclusively super market/ food processing waste, apparently one of them can have 20 trucks a day turning up. I can never make up my mind if it a good thing that all this waste is being used efficiently rather than dumped in landfill or that it is such a waste of all this food that is being dumped. I know it is not uncommon for in date items to be put in the digester because they do not have enough time left to be on the shelves. I do agree that soil runoff can be a particular issue. Perhaps the government/ DEFRA missed the boat on this, they could have put later sowing dates for cover crops enabling some farmers to establish a cover after maize (I know this isn't possible on all soils) which would help reduce runoff. I would have liked that option here. I always get slightly annoyed with the soil association as they do fail to mention that maize with its different photosynthesis uses more carbon than other plants so it could be classed as being very beneficial to the environment. Bg [/QUOTE]
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