Is anyone else fed up of the terrible smell coming from the farm at dronfield. It is ruining the beautiful weather we are aving, cuz i cant open my windows or doors. Is there anything we can do to stop it?:mad::mad::mad:

it's a farm!

You could always buy some Nose Plugs.:hihi:

it's a farm!

that's what i was going to say the smell is part of the countryside experience move to town city slickers :hihi:

Farms often muck spread at this time of year, helps the crops grow.

You sure you're not downwind of Bramall Lane?

I can smell it too,great.

The farm has been there longer than the houses around it !!!

Unfortunately you bought (or moved into) the house knowing of the existence of the farm.

THe farm is only doing what farms do.

SO....... TUFF

Most of you obviously dont live near it or you would show more sympathy!

i live near farms i love the smell its part of the countryside where i live if you cant tolerate smells you should think of moving

I lived on Lowedges most of my life and my parents are still up there and to be fair I've never really noticed the smell that much. Yeah it gets a bit pongy especially in the Summer but it's expected and nothing out of the ordinary.

Im beginning to wish i hadent said anything now.

Is anyone else fed up of the terrible smell coming from the farm at dronfield. It is ruining the beautiful weather we are aving, cuz i cant open my windows or doors. Is there anything we can do to stop it?:mad::mad::mad:

Bloody hell! Shurrup whinging.

Enuff Enuff, i get the message

It's an awful smell, but it's only a few days a year! Unfortunately you just have to put up with it - after twenty odd years on Lowedges, I've got used to it, sure you will too :)

I live on the slopes of Lowedges facing Bowshaw farm, and it does get pongy sometimes, depending on the direction of the wind.

Personally, I love being reminded that I live a stone's throw from the countryside, and everyone's different.

Unfortunately, there's nothing which can be done about farms smelling, and it is only periodical, not constant.

It is rather strong I went onto the estate last night I was in the car and it was rather overpowering

I'm tempted to go up later and get a few lungfuls of this lovely agricultural smell. I find it far less offensive than some of the disgusting cheap perfume that a few individuals insist on spraying all over themselves.

How does it compare to the old brewery smells we used to get in sheffield when we had large breweries here. I remeber the funk of the bass charington brewers over the river Don when I was a child, and the brewery close to the castle market where the pong smelled like rotten badger, it was so pungent you tasted it as you went past.

As a county-dweller I must admit the muck-speading seems to be getting more retch-worthy every year.:gag:

Have to wonder what they feed pigs on these days and whether I should be eating pork etc.

I'm tempted to go up later and get a few lungfuls of this lovely agricultural smell. I find it far less offensive than some of the disgusting cheap perfume that a few individuals insist on spraying all over themselves.

How does it compare to the old brewery smells we used to get in sheffield when we had large breweries here. I remeber the funk of the bass charington brewers over the river Don when I was a child, and the brewery close to the castle market where the pong smelled like rotten badger, it was so pungent you tasted it as you went past.
I lived in the Wicker & I loved the smell of Tennents brewery, also the coffee being ground in Davy`s.

Is anyone else fed up of the terrible smell coming from the farm at dronfield. It is ruining the beautiful weather we are aving, cuz i cant open my windows or doors. Is there anything we can do to stop it?:mad::mad::mad:

It was there before you were, if you don't like it -MOVE!!

I sympathise with the original post - drove past Saturday and tonight and boy does it stink...its much worse than the normal countryside smell

It smells bad enough down at Woodseats Shopping Centre, but we get it for a few days every year ... never get used to it though.

Everyone looks covertly at one another, wondering whether it's one of those personal things :D

I lived there over 20years and you only smell it a couple of days a year. It's vulgar but you just put up with it! It's part and parcel of living near a farm! It's not like it's everyday, or every week, or even every month!

Yeah it's not the end of the world but this week's niff has been particularly unpleasant even as far away as Woodseats, and I think the OP was justified in commenting on it.

Ah, so that's the stink I've been smelling for the last few days and I'm at the top meersbrook park!

I can't imagine what it's like closer to the farm then. I used to live out in the country and trust me, this is not your normal slurry smell, it is pretty bad.

Is anyone else fed up of the terrible smell coming from the farm at dronfield. It is ruining the beautiful weather we are aving, cuz i cant open my windows or doors. Is there anything we can do to stop it?:mad::mad::mad:

Folk never fail to amaze me.

Live near a farm, complain about the smell.

Live on a main road, complain about traffic noise.

Live near an airport, compain about aircraft noise.

:confused::confused::confused:

Folk never fail to amaze me.

Live near a farm, complain about the smell.

Live on a main road, complain about traffic noise.

Live near an airport, compain about aircraft noise.

:confused::confused::confused:
Answer: move to Hillsborough, plenty of peace and quiet, and less atmosphere than the Moon.

Just been past lowedges smell gone now:hihi::hihi::hihi:

Just been past lowedges smell gone now:hihi::hihi::hihi:

replaced by fog :hihi:

True .............

Folk never fail to amaze me.

Live near a farm, complain about the smell.

Live on a main road, complain about traffic noise.

Live near an airport, compain about aircraft noise.

:confused::confused::confused:

I know what you means. . I gotta train line at the bottom of me garden, imagine if I were to complain about the noise sum of the bigger cement transporters make in the early hours of the morning. . it just wouldn't make sence.

Is anyone else fed up of the terrible smell coming from the farm at dronfield. It is ruining the beautiful weather we are aving, cuz i cant open my windows or doors. Is there anything we can do to stop it?:mad::mad::mad:

I live on the edge of S10 and the manure smell was eye-wateringly powerful the other day. We had to light scented candles all over the house! But muck spreading is part of farming and we put up with it!

Have to wonder what they feed pigs on these days and whether I should be eating pork etc.

Not a strong wind comming from bramall lane then Greybeard:hihi:

Yes it was much betta yesterday, no smells just a good sunny day!:)

Most of you obviously dont live near it or you would show more sympathy!

I grew up in the countryside, worked on a farm for a while, mucked out cow sheds and stables, but still couldn't cope with the smell coming from a local farm .. turned out they were using human poo. Mind you, this was a godd few years ago.

I did a YTS thingy above Castle Market, and I loved the smell of the brewery (being a drunkard I would), but I'd rather have the smell of the countrythan that of the town.

I live at Jordo now, but the muck spreading smell was always a lot stronger at Charnock where I used to live.

I really like farm smells!

I really like farm smells!

I do too....it reminds me of my youth when I worked at a trekking centre !!

I love the smell of manure it's very refreshing !!

When the smell was around earlier in the week I was encouraged outdoors by it!

I spent the afternoon cleaning my windows and washing/hoovering out the car!!

:D

People like you make me ill

Just imagine if the people who lived down Attercliffe and Tinsley had complained about the noise and smell from the steel works and tried to get them closed down. Get alife taylorwilkin , there are worse smells that are harmful to you that you do not mention, ie exhaust fumes and the worst smell of all the one from a car catalytic converter.

I remember a story a few years back about some wealthy londoner who retired to the Cotswolds to live in a little village. Unfortunately she couldn't stand the sound of the bells in the local church, especially waking her up early on a Sunday morning. One day she bought an axe and that night, she smashed through the 800 year-old church door with it, then cut all the bellropes. She was jailed, but the church door was destroyed.

I sympathise to a point, but bells ring and farms smell. Personally I love the sound of church bells, early on a Sunday or otherwise, and I love the smell of farmyards and muck-spreading too. Some things you just have to live with. Life requires compromises I'm afraid. ;)

I remember a story a few years back about some wealthy londoner who retired to the Cotswolds to live in a little village. Unfortunately she couldn't stand the sound of the bells in the local church, especially waking her up early on a Sunday morning. One day she bought an axe and that night, she smashed through the 800 year-old church door with it, then cut all the bellropes. She was jailed, but the church door was destroyed.

I sympathise to a point, but bells ring and farms smell. Personally I love the sound of church bells, early on a Sunday or otherwise, and I love the smell of farmyards and muck-spreading too. Some things you just have to live with. Life requires compromises I'm afraid. ;)

And for me, here endeth the sermon.

Quite right.

You should think youself lucky you're not in Japan.Down in Kagoshima where my wife is from they don't have flush toilets and they fertilise the land with human poo rather than the animal type.Beleive me the stink really is unbearable.

I remember a story a few years back about some wealthy londoner who retired to the Cotswolds to live in a little village.
It's a little like the story from a couple of years ago when Madonna moved to the Compton Abbas and tried to buy the local airfield so she could shut it down to 'stop the noise'. She changed her mind when Mr Richie started learning to fly there :)

Hi

I came across this thread by complete fluke and happen to know a bit about farm smell.

The odour problem starts with the floor solids at the bottom of the tank or lagoon the slurry is stored in. Farmers have to mix up the slurry in their tank before they spread it. At this point the ammonia and odour is 'woken up' and released, as it were, into the atmosphere!

One solution is for the farmer to use a slurry additive. These additives destroy the most offensive odours, and can halve smell on farm and during spreading.

Here's a link to one farmer's story about using an additive:

http://www.epizym.com/pages/success_cattle.htm#perry

This one explains research on an pig farm, though the product is equally successful on dairy farms.

http://www.epizym.com/pages/epizym_trial_data.htm

If you're a farmer reading this, the additive also boosts the nutrients in the slurry meaning you don't have to buy as much fertiliser. It also removes crusts, making slurry a liquid which is ready to spread.

http://www.epizym.com/pages/epizym_cattle.htm

Hope this isn't too much info!

All the best
Layla