Buckshot Bear Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 With all the rain its been an absolute bumper start to summer (La Niña) for the farmers for cutting silage, they are getting a lot of cuts. The 30k drive into town from home there's literally thousands of bails being bailed up and stacked. Can't remember when the district had it so good, I think it was in the '90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 With everyone going to round bales, cows have a hard time getting a square meal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 But it's winter here and the crops have been in for over a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 We had the opposite this year. Lots of farmers lost their crops. We’re in a severe drought. Hoping for lots of snow this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 We had lots of rain on the east coast. Rained almost every day last Summer. It was all I could do to keep the grass cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: ......... mildew spores ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: With everyone going to round bales, cows have a hard time getting a square meal You know, there's a special place in hell for people who tell jokes like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 57 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: You know, there's a special place in hell for people who tell jokes like that. The Executive Suite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: The 30k drive into town You had to drive 30,000 miles to get into town? Australia is even bigger than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: You had to drive 30,000 miles to get into town? Australia is even bigger than I thought. When the hell are you good ol' boys gonna get metricated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said: When the hell are you good ol' boys gonna get metricated When Hell freezes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: When Hell freezes over. ........ and the devil learns to figger skate .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 No rain, no hay, no grass here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Drought from coast to coast here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: When the hell are you good ol' boys gonna get metricated About the same time you blokes start driving on the right (i.e., correct) side of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Hey BB we don't bale "silage" up here we bale hay. Silage is usually corn (the entire plant) chopped and piled and then covered with a water proof cover so it ferments. This is done with mature but still growing plants. kR PS cows like it almost as much as Aussies like beer and/or vegimite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ........ and the devil learns to figger skate .... and forms a hockey team made up of “Enforcers” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 During Prohibition, farmers would stack gallon glass jugs in their silo with the lids loose. Silage liquor would accumulate deep enough to crowd in through the threads on the loose lids. Farmers would have jugs of fermented, alcoholic tipple. Silage liquor, often considered a waste product, sometimes mixed with ground feed and dumped in pigs' feed troughs. Pigs also like second hand moonshine mash after it's distilled but that's another subject entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: During Prohibition, farmers would stack gallon glass jugs in their silo with the lids loose. Silage liquor would accumulate deep enough to crowd in through the threads on the loose lids. Farmers would have jugs of fermented, alcoholic tipple. Silage liquor, often considered a waste product, sometimes mixed with ground feed and dumped in pigs' feed troughs. Pigs also like second hand moonshine mash after it's distilled but that's another subject entirely. ....... pickled pork ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 7:09 PM, Buckshot Bear said: With all the rain its been an absolute bumper start to summer (La Niña) for the farmers for cutting silage, they are getting a lot of cuts. The 30k drive into town from home there's literally thousands of bails being bailed up and stacked. Can't remember when the district had it so good, I think it was in the '90's. Wow! A giant marshmallow farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 22 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: You had to drive 30,000 miles to get into town? Australia is even bigger than I thought. I assume he left the m off km. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: I assume he left the m off km. JHC Nope ..... a 'k' is a kilometer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 14 hours ago, Kid Rich said: Hey BB we don't bale "silage" up here we bale hay. Silage is usually corn (the entire plant) chopped and piled and then covered with a water proof cover so it ferments. This is done with mature but still growing plants. kR PS cows like it almost as much as Aussies like beer and/or vegimite. ..... we have done "corn silage" ..... but only once the baling machine can also bale hay, but we don't wrap it. depending on the condition and, sometimes composition, of the crop, it is usually cut, raked, baled and wrapped on the same day. hay will be a lot dryer before the baler gets on the paddock. with the little moisture in the crop being wrapped up like this the fermentation process runs it's own pace and as you said the livestock love it. During our last flood a lot of these things were washed into the river and were floating on their way to New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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