"We have 4,500 free range hens in five acres of rotational fields, which would be just 300 metres from this proposed incinerator. I have built the business up over the last 15 years and we sell eggs across five counties in Northern Ireland," Mr Brankin told Farming Life.
"Noise, water discharge, pollutants and smell could have a drastic effect on our production and an incinerator literally next door would destroy our entire free range ethos."
He added: "What is the Ulster Farmers' Union thinking? Surely this plant would be better suited to an industrial setting?
"I know better than anyone that the poultry industry needs a solution to the chicken litter problem but a rural farming community on the shores of Lough Neagh is not the solution.
"Local farmers should now band together and call the Ulster Farmers' Union to account as this is not an issue which should have poultry farmers in opposite camps."
Responding to Mr Brankin's comments, Union President Graham Furey told Farming Life that the EU Nitrates Directive and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive have particular ramifications for poultry producers in Northern Ireland.
He said: "Since 2002 the industry has been collectively seeking a solution which will allow poultry producers to practically dispose of poultry litter while meeting the requirements of these EU Directives.
"The UFU has worked throughout this period with independent scientific experts in several groups attempting to find alternatives to land-spreading. All of these individual scientific examinations of alternative disposal methods consistently recommended the combustion of broiler litter as an alternative utilisation for almost all of the litter produced and this view was re-enforced this year by DARD and AFBI."
Mr Furey continued: "The Rose Energy project is the only proposal on the table which will safeguard the future of the poultry industry and the farm businesses which depend on the industry for their livelihoods.
"Alternatives to the Rose Energy project have been proposed but these are not commercially viable or tried and tested at the required scale. Against this background, the UFU decided to support this proposal so that the poultry industry can move forward and meet the challenge of the EU Environmental Directives.
"At the outset of this process we specifically held a meeting with our UFU South Antrim Group members so that they could raise any concerns they had with the UFU leadership team.
"We have also been in dialogue with representatives from local residents, including farmers, who oppose the proposal and we will be holding a further meeting with CALNI at the beginning of November. We have consistently stated that their views should also be taken into account as part of the planning process."
He concluded: "We certainly did not 'blindly' support this project. Our representatives have travelled to mainland Europe to see for ourselves the merits and possible drawbacks of this type of technology, including the impact on local communities.
"We discussed the merits of a similar plant in Scotland with farming representatives in Scotland and we have also thoroughly considered a number of independent reports published on a range of issues such as water discharge, pollutants or smell before adopting our policy.
"We have also had robust discussions with Rose Energy. It is our opinion that the project can be implemented successfully."