In the News
Pollution breaches by farmers on the rise
23rd August 2017
The number of serious pollution breaches in the farming industry is growing as many farmers are unable or unwilling to meet the cost of pollution prevention.
Serious farm pollution breaches rise in UK – and many go unprosecuted https://t.co/ATtxLkduwj
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) August 21, 2017
This Guardian article provides an overview of the issue with lots of good examples of negative production externalities. There are worries that the frequency of pollution breaches will increase if farm incomes decline post Brexit along with the rise of industrial farms.
Here is a dramatic example of negative production externalities affecting a farming family.
Subsidised farm causes acres of damage to Sussex countryside https://t.co/A1DQuZmj4i
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) August 21, 2017
Additional research here from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
A dirty business: The livestock farms that are polluting the UK https://t.co/RGnSPZ8WIG #farming #pollution pic.twitter.com/1kL7WIchRd
— The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (@TBIJ) August 21, 2017
- Economics
- Blog
- In the News
- Agriculture
- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- Market Failure
- Externalities
- Negative externalities
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
You might also like
Oligopoly - Collusion
Study Notes
Externalities - A Toxic Disaster in Colorado
13th August 2015
Market Failure and Akerlof’s Lemons
25th February 2016
Intervention in Markets - Will the legal highs ban work?
31st May 2016
Nudging behaviour to save water
26th February 2018
A Malaysian town smothered by rubbish
14th February 2019
Welfare Loss from Monopoly Pricing
Topic Videos