....and then you could be very unlucky and your farmer could be a pig-farmer...

The OP asked for advice. As the farmer also sprayed some in your garden, stand in it and grow up.

It always amazes me that in the west even though we have food, shelter, good standard of health care and no war, some people always find some shit to moan about.

Oh come off it.

I must say, some of the groupthink on this forum pees me right off sometimes.

Yes, of course I completely understand the sentiment about the countryside and its traditions. I spent the last 10 years living in a rural part of England. We all know what manure is and does -- but despite all that, there is something in me that thinks the farmer might just be being just a little bit unnecessarily careless.

"I'm a farmer. Put up with my behaviour or get ye back to the city".

There is a compromise somewhere.

- Most farmers know they shouldn't spray manure off their property. Some do anyway because they don't care. Or maybe it was an accident. Farmers are easy to win over through charm, one's impressive political connections or gifts. There are three things farmers can't stand: arrogance of city people or foreigners, being the center of gossip and unwanted bike riders on their property.

And the worst thing anybody can do is: walk thru fields that are ready to be cut. Be warned.

Olygirl: Priests and farmers are my specialty.

Are there any farmers in the OT???

Farmers definitely don't intend to overspray.

Afterall, manure/sewage costs money (one way or another), so not the sort of stuff you want to be wasting by lobbing it into peoples gardens. Far more effective if it stays on your field.

Clearly not the OP who thought it was raw sewage.

I'd love some decent manure for my garden (heavy clay) and have been in negotiations with the neighbouring farmers for some - or horse manure.

In my case, I asked a farmer for some horse manure, offering to pay. His response: "Just bring a shovel and help yourself." clearly thinking I was off my rocker for offering to pay...

Now I just need to work out how to get it from his farm to mine without stinking my car out

Hire/borrow a trailer, if it's not far.

Or, you could man up, and hook up a Chariot trailer to your mtb, and cycle home with it swiss-style.

it's not group-think in this case... more like common sense.

Yep and time to post pointless replies, keep up the good work, you're advancing humanity.

Indeed - Brilliant!