Farmers are said to be desperate to get their hands on 1500 tonnes of chicken poop which will be produced each year by an expanded egg farm in East Lothian - due to the rising cost of fertiliser.
East Lothian Eggs Ltd has been granted planning permission to build a new 100-metre long poultry shed next to their current facilities at Howden Farm, Gifford, which will double the number of hens on site from 32,000 to 64,000.
And a virtual meeting of the council's planning committee today heard that the waste produced by the birds was already in high demand from local farmers.
