This is a reader's letter published in the Hereford Times on October 24.

BLAMING rainfall or soil types does not excuse farmers or contractors who leave a muddy field with a tractor with or without a trailer that has mud on the wheels that is then deposited for up to a quarter mile.

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True, some soil is washed off fields in heavy rain, but the size of agricultural vehicles and their heavily cleated tyres means that a huge amount of mud is carried on to and left on the road.

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It is this mud that should either be cleaned off the tyres before entering the road or cleaned off the road immediately before it becomes a hazard.

Saying that farmers are simply keeping food on our plates does not wash, especially when potatoes are used for alcohol or crisps! I don’t expect to find spilt fuel outside a refinery!

MR T WYNN

Leominster