There his cows are standing in a row, happily munching on some grass. It is not such a problem for the cows themselves that they cannot yet go outside. Nor for milk production. But a problem is slowly but surely accumulating a few meters below their hooves. The cellar is starting to fill up with manure. “Yes, that is a challenge,” says Spruit. Normally, this manure would be spread over his land, but the soil is so wet that agricultural vehicles should not drive over the grass. Because then the soil will also be destroyed, and “that is precisely what we are so careful about”.
Why aren’t those cows in the meadow yet?
