Agricultural spreader and beater assembly therefore

An agricultural spreader for spreading a spreadable load, the spreader comprising:

• a holding box for containing a spreadable load to be spread;
• and
• a beater section in communication with the holding box for outputting the spreadable load from the spreader, the beater section comprising:
• an upright beater having fighting depending therefrom including a spinner deck defining substantially a bottom flight thereof, the spinner deck comprising a plurality of paddles oriented for throwing the spreadable load during operation of the beater,
• a beater tray situated at the bottom of the upright beater with the upright beater mounted thereon and having a front side facing the holding box, the beater tray comprising a floor and a front wall rising therefrom for at least partially blocking the spreadable load from being thrown toward the holding box, the front wall comprising a soft and/or flexible section shaped to substantially correspond with a front portion of the footprint of the spinner deck, the soft and/or flexible section being comprised of a soft and/or flexible surface material sufficiently deformable and/or flexible to reduce or prevent sticking, build-up, and/or hardening of the spreadable load against the soft and/or flexible section.