Mr. Eddie Punch:

We had considerable engagement with the EPA in 2023 on a whole range of issues, including climate, peatlands, global warming potential, GWP,* and so on. We also had considerable engagement with it on the agricultural water quality working group on water issues. When we engage on a one-to-one basis, the EPA seems to be open to considering all the issues we bring up. Our view is that much of this is stacked against farmers.

However, there are other engagements with the EPA elsewhere such as the famous tweet last year, where it seems to be a somewhat different story. We will continue to engage with the EPA but we have some concern about the way in which it treats the farming and other sectors.