THE smell of slurry on fields in parts of South Warrington is sometimes so bad it makes you want to “run for your life,” according to a local councillor.
Coun Tudor Pole told Stockton Heath Parish Council he notices the problem when driving along roads and motorways near farmer’s fields.
“In some conditions the smell of slurry on farmer’s fields is so bad that it makes you want to run for your life,” he said.
Principal environmental health officer Phil Ramsden said regulations meant that when slurry was spread on a field it must be ploughed in on the same day.
“Once it is ploughed in then 90 per cent of the smell is gone,” he said.
“There are some really offensive smells, but they are generally short term.”
He said officers did their best to ensure the odour was minimised and that each field was spread only once every two years.
THE smell of slurry on fields in parts of South Warrington is sometimes
so bad it makes you want to "run for your life," according to a local
councillor.
Run for your life – it's smelly
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The local councillor needs to find something more important to worry about. That’s what they do in the country. It’s called recycling, and the farmers were doing it long before anyone else.
I suggest he avoids travelling in the country and sticks to places that only have dog dirt on the pavements and anti-social behaviour.