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Farmer spraying glyphosate onto property.

DanOffaly · 2023-04-08 11:14:42

Last week a farmer was spraying his crops in a field which is essentially between 5 to 10 meters from my front door if that. He was using a beast of a tractor from what I could make out anyway as this was at night time. The field is full of yellow tall flowers which i assume are rapeseed. I have a wife and a 2 year old…

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#62 09-04-2023 9:12pm
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A warning has been issued, along with a weeks pause in posting here for one poster. A couple of unnecessarily sharp comments have been noted but passed over. The thread will remain closed.
We can't ignore questions that are a bit sticky, and, in fairness the OP got several useful answers. In other forums, that openness may well not have been extended.
A precedent has previously been established that you can not come onto a forum and (rightly, or wrongly) upset its members. This precedent cuts both ways.
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