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Oliver Walston, Who Farms 3000 Acres At Thriplow Has Called For A Total Ban On Straw Burning

1983 , Thriplow (Essex)

Cat no. 12367

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Farmer says there is an alternative to straw burning pollution, at a price.

Scenes of Oliver Walston walking around his Cambridgeshire farmyard with his dog. He is interviewed by Anglia TV reporter Chris Young. Oliver Walston says the amount of pollution from straw burning in the form of soot and smoke is intolerable to the public, though he does not agree with the view of some farm workers and firemen that farmers are being irresponsible. He disagrees with the view recently expressed by Michael Jopling MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, that there is no alternative straw burning. Oliver Walston says there is no cheap alternative, but farmers around Europe manage without polluting the world by straw burning. He says it has been a particularly difficult year with hot, dry weather and a lot of wind. Asked about alternatives, he says that next year he will need to buy machines to attach to combine harvesters which will chop up the straw so it can be ploughed into the field. It will require additional money, time and effort.

Keywords

Farmers; Farming; Straw burning; Fires; Smoke; Pollution

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Oliver Walston farmed at Thriplow, Cambridgeshire. His views on farming in the UK were published in newspapers and journals as well as his own books, and in the broadcast media he is particularly known for “Against The Grain” 1999, a four-part look at the state of British agriculture. See Cat 12369 for Michael Jopling’s statement on straw burning.

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