Muck-spreading: The smellier the better as farmers ask for patience
East Yorkshire farmers explain the process as they prepare their fields for next year's crops.
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"[It helps] to make everything a lot healthier and improve soil organic matter and really push towards more organic fertilisers rather than inorganic."
— Ben Clappison , Other
"What we're trying to do is make the weeds grow so that we can get rid of those weeds but also incorporate that nutrient back into the soils to make the soil really good and healthy."
— Angela Kirkwood , Activist
"We have the anxiety of spreading it because we know we're going to get the odd complaint, here there and everywhere, or from everybody."
— Jono Dixon , Other
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East Yorkshire farmers explain the process as they prepare their fields for next year's crops.
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