Farmland behind house being sold... devaluation question etc

Eldi_Dos

Section62 said:

Eldi_Dos said:

As I say not in my experience, my work often entailed working on verges of rural roads and railway lines and at certain times of the year drift was a problem.Whether farmers thought no members of the public are about they could pump up the volume I could only speculate.

Volume isn't really the issue - drifting usually happens when the wind is too strong or the sprayer boom is set excessively high for the crop. And again, the chemicals are expensive - farmers won't 'pump up the volume' and apply more chemical than is necessary to achive the required result. Spraying is like spreading £20 notes across the field - done because there is a need and except for relatively isolated cases, done to the minimum possible extent.

Which does not alter the fact that drifting happens and has happened to me on more than one occassion.

By pump up the volume I meant increase the pressure so that they can do the runs up and down the field quicker,which I would posit will lead to a increase in drift.

Edit:
 Maybe I am a bit sensitive to them but I avoid going into the chemical section of garden centres,if that is under a glass roof and high tempratures you can become aware of chemicals in the air under those circumstances.