icanshootwell
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and the double payments, a few would not bother then.Just ban the use of food crops in Ad plants
As france did
Simples
and the double payments, a few would not bother then.Just ban the use of food crops in Ad plants
As france did
Simples
It maybe but imo badgers love it and it does nothing to help the control of tb.Why.? It’s a brilliant feed for dairy cows.
Farmer next door to me has already harvested his maze last month so why are other doing it now? Just curious
For ad ?spent a day last week hauling maize for a large local farming co. 48 mile round trip, approx. half on main roads and half on lanes, loads of mud on roads, loads of chewed up verges and loads of pee'd of car drivers. who needs the BBC for negative pr.
Make and interesting graph, showing the rise of maze growing and the rise of TB over the yearsOur neighbors have given up growing maize this year after a big Tb outbreak they recon badgers go mad for it
But badgers became protected in mid 70's, and maize growing took off a decade later ? Double whammy, which is responsible ? Maybe both ?Make and interesting graph, showing the rise of maze growing and the rise of TB over the years
Do badgers eat computers as well, never knew that, good way of getting rid of an old laptopI'm sure you see a strong correlation in the growing of maize and the use of computers in offices too.
For every problem there is a solution.
What, so we can grow more wheat and further depress prices. We should be happy for alternative uses for land and crops. How much OSR isn’t used for food?
Yep my vet said viable TB bacteria has been found in maize silage. Ensiling does not always kill it. As well as a fantastic feed for cows, it is also the same for badgers. It allows them to lay down plenty of fat to survive the winter.The love maize and It struck me the resultant silage must contain TB bacteria when fed?
I'm sure you see a strong correlation in the growing of maize and the use of computers in offices too.
Beet has gone to almost zero around here since they closed the factory at AllscottWell, the fact remains, there's 1000's of acres more grown than there used to be. That means more mud on the roads, and peeved members of the public. Spuds and beet have been brought up on this thread, I'd say the area grown of these crops has remained static, if not fallen. 50 years ago 10,000 acres of spuds were grown in Pembrokeshire, all earlies, job done and dusted by July. Now the area has shifted to maincrop.....along with harvesting in mud in October. And while we're at it, small scale growers planted in a fortnight, and ditto harvesting. Now it's in the hands of big growers who take months to plant huge acreages, which means late harvests waiting for skins to set.....
Modern farming really is pants. Just because it's all done from aircon tractors with twin beacons doesn't make it right.
Nice rant there @7610 super q
Modern farming seems to involve a lot more running about the roads hauling stuff one way and hauling stuff back the other way with ever bigger tractors, anyone would think folk were paid to wear out expensive tractors and trailers and tyres and burn dieselWell, the fact remains, there's 1000's of acres more grown than there used to be. That means more mud on the roads, and peeved members of the public. Spuds and beet have been brought up on this thread, I'd say the area grown of these crops has remained static, if not fallen. 50 years ago 10,000 acres of spuds were grown in Pembrokeshire, all earlies, job done and dusted by July. Now the area has shifted to maincrop.....along with harvesting in mud in October. And while we're at it, small scale growers planted in a fortnight, and ditto harvesting. Now it's in the hands of big growers who take months to plant huge acreages, which means late harvests waiting for skins to set.....
Modern farming really is pants. Just because it's all done from aircon tractors with twin beacons doesn't make it right.
Nice rant there @7610 super q
Even @gone up the hill lets his land for maize growingModern farming seems to involve a lot more running about the roads hauling stuff one way and hauling stuff back the other way with ever bigger tractors, anyone would think folk were paid to wear out expensive tractors and trailers and tyres and burn diesel
and somebody rents it from him, I wonder who is the smart one in that dealEven @gone up the hill lets his land for maize growing
Both parties I’d imagineand somebody rents it from him, I wonder who is the smart one in that deal