August 14, 2018
Beecher Rd., just west of Morey Hwy – Clayton, MI. Hartland/Briskey manure application that started on August 9 continues. All day, tankers come and go, lining up to empty into the dump box above. (Black box to protect worker identity.) Field includes tributary to S. Branch, River Raisin (tree line in back of photo). Liquid manure from dump box is pumped into the dragline, which is connected to the tractor where application sprays it onto the field, as shown below.
No calibration, no carefully controlled application rate. Again – spewing untreated sewage on no crop. Another tractor followed behind this, incorporating as much as possible into the soil. Where will all of this end up? Stay tuned …