Follow The Manure … with your nose

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Follow The Manure … with your nose

8.3.17 – Pretty stenchy in western Lenawee and eastern Hillsdale Counties, hot and windy day, heavy rain in the forecast. The July wheat harvest is finished, hay was recently cut, and all you have to do is follow your nose, and you’ll find the stinky manure applied to cut wheat and hay fields. “Amber waves of grain” in Beautiful America, except for the application of massive amounts of manure everywhere, with its nutrients that cause HABs and biological contaminants like E. coli. Come along with us, as we follow the stink to these locations.

Manure applied to cut wheat and hay fields 8/3/17
8.3.17 – New Flevo, north side of Forrister Rd. west of Bates Hwy., liquid manure application on cut hay

8.3.17 - Hartland Farms, Briskey applying, liquid manure on wheat stubble, NE corner of Forrister and Hawkins.
8.3.17 – Hartland Farms, Briskey applying, liquid manure on wheat stubble, NE corner of Forrister and Hawkins.

8.2.17 – Hartland Farms, very recent dragline application, s. side of Cadmus between Morey and Hughes. Pumping equipment still set up.
8.3.17 – Hartland Farms, very recent dragline application, s. side of Cadmus between Morey and Hughes. Pumping equipment still set up.

Bakerlads, fan-spraying from tanker, SW corner of Morey and Beecher
8.3.17 – Bakerlads, fan-spraying from tanker, SW corner of Morey and Beecher

8.3.17 Halliwill manure application, west side of Towny, north of Burton Roads
8.3.17 Halliwill manure application, w. side of Townley n. of Burton

8.3.17 Halliwill, north side of Burton Rd., west of Townley Hwy.
8.3.17 Halliwill, n. side of Burton Rd., w. of Townley Hwy.

8.3.17 More Halliwill, north side of Burton Rd., west of Townley Hwy.
8.3.17 More Halliwill, n. side of Burton Rd., w. of Townley Hwy

8.3.17 Even more Halliwill, n. side of Burton Rd., w. of Townley Hwy. This is a big field and a very large and stinky manure application, complete with some ponding.
8.3.17 Even more Halliwill, n. side of Burton Rd., w. of Townley Hwy. This is a big field and a very large and stinky manure application, complete with some ponding.

8.3.17 State Line Farms, manure application at SE corner of Seneca Hwy. and Yankee Rd. Fun Fact: All the other applications today were dairy cow manure, but this one is from a hog CAFO. Can you “smell” the difference?
8.3.17 State Line Farms, manure application at SE corner of Seneca Hwy. and Yankee Rd. Fun Fact: All the other applications today were dairy cow manure, but this one is from a hog CAFO. Can you “smell” the difference?

so sorry they’re stuck with the stench

8.3.17 Hudson Dairy dragline manure application, n. side of M-34 at Kelso Rd. Caller said, “This has been going on for days and it is bad.” We agree, and we’re so sorry they’re stuck with the stench! It will be a pretty miserable couple of weeks for all of these neighbors, with the stench of these fields hanging low in the air, or blowing with the wind, and no way to keep it out of their homes, even with air conditioning.8.3.17 Hudson Dairy dragline manure application, n. side of M-34 at Kelso Rd. Caller said, “This has been going on for days and it is bad.” We agree, and we’re so sorry they’re stuck with the stench.

It will be a pretty miserable couple of weeks for all of these neighbors, with the stench of these fields hanging low in the air, or blowing with the wind, and no way to keep it out of their homes, even with air conditioning.

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