3165 viewsThe NFU has a launched a flooding manifesto in response to a government report on future flood prevention. The manifesto outlines the need for the government to develop long-term strategy to alleviate the risk of flooding in the future.
Agricultural land plays a huge role in managing water but in extreme events the systems currently in place can become overloaded. During the floods of 2015 it was not only vast swathes of farm land that were submerged by flood water, but homes and businesses were also hit after vital infrastructure could no longer cope.
