The Government has missed an opportunity to encourage investment in new poultry housing, the NFU has said in its response to the Autumn Budget. NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the Chancellor could have extended the Annual Investment Allowance to cover infrastructure including new poultry housing, as well as on-farm reservoirs. “Action could have been taken on extending the Annual Investment Allowance to include infrastructure such as on-farm reservoirs or new poultry housing,” he said. The NFU had called for the allowance to be increased to at least £5m and extended to cover farm buildings and essential production infrastructure, arguing this…