LONDON, Feb. 8 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
F.A.W. Bakers Kingston Farm Ltd of Rushywood Farm, Haselbury, Plucknett, near Crewkerne was this week fined a total of 16,000 euro and ordered to pay costs of 3,220 euro by Taunton Magistrates after admitting two charges related to causing pollution.
In the case brought by the Environment Agency, the court heard that officers from the Agency were called to Small Brook in February 2022 after receiving a report of sewage fungus in the watercourse. Field tests and samples confirmed a significant drop in water quality.
The officers traced the source of the pollution to a leaking silage clamp on farmer Neil Baker's land at Rushywood Farm. Silage effluent was lea...