Countryfile tonight

[Lincsman]

can anyone, please explain to me the logic, of burning straw in power stations to produce electricity? or importing shredded trees form america ? i can see the point of say generating methane gas from waste food, sewage, to then make electric, thats a local home grown waste product that has to be got rid of ? but how the hell did the idea of growing crops, not food crops but crops grown like maize to then be transported at great cost, mess damage etc just like straw has to be transported, something thats a waste product such as food, meat industry waste products, yes if it saves it going in land fill ?

Simple, its carbon neutral, it grows sucking carbon in and burns sending the same amount out and you get electricity. You ignore the diesel in the forage harvester, tractors doing all operations, fuel etc to make the fert and other inputs etc etc, because if you dont ignore them its worse than an oil fired power station and no subsidies.

 

[Two Tone]

The BBC used to be good at doing Farming programs. Their Farming program was on at Sunday Lunchtimes and along with the Archers, promoted modern farming topics and techniques. This is exactly what the Archers was invested for.
Anglia TV also did Farming Diary, which was also very good.

Then the Beeb dumped their Farming program and started Countryfile in its place.

What we instantly got and it was only somewhat eventually partially tempered by addition the of Adam Henson, was the most Anti-Farming, Farming program there ever was!


Fluffy or provocative presenters who haven’t got a clue about what they are talking about!
And a true farmer who is not allowed to say or present anything that goes against the Beeb’s own agenda.

They hanged Lord Haw-Haw didn’t they?

 

[S J H]

That is a disgrace and drax should be shut if it can't burn coal. Importing woodchip from all over the world and calling it green- fudge off.

There’s a member on here burning chip to dry logs so he can claim RHI. That’s green for you.

 

[S J H]

What are they Greenhouses?

Industrial units that employ people.

 

[Agrivator]

And as a guide as to how bad the programme was, no one has mentioned the token appearance of Badger May.

And Dame Judy.

 

[onthehoof]

Industrial units that employ people.

Thought they were Pikey camps

 

[Agrivator]

Deciduous trees are devoid of leaves for about six months of the year. I don't know how the rotting leaves sequester Carbon or release it.
At least a good grass field is photosynthesising for most of the year. And Charles the Hypocrite will still be heating his numerous residencies and travelling everywhere in luxury.

And grass is unlikely to suffer from some devastating disease, brought in with imported timber because much of our own wood is often regarded as unreliable or inferior.

And meantime we can turn grass into meat and milk.

 

[primmiemoo]

Industrial units that employ people.

Any solar panels on them to help ameliorate their covering good land?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

We don’t watch CF any more, but did catch the last 10 minutes this evening. I wasn’t really watching, but they were talking about baking old recipes of bread and how wheat was so important to our civilisation.

I looked up from my book twice and I’m reasonably sure once they were cutting oats with a binder and later barley with an old combine.

Not wheat. The cornerstone of our civilisation.

 

[ZXR17]

Interesting piece on the history of wheat tonight showing films and photos of oats and barley

 

[Sonoftheheir]

They haven’t a decking clue, and nor would anyone who had no connections with agriculture.

I guess the guy is adding value by hand threshing, must make it taste so much better too.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Vintage threshing with the poverty stick on the stone step with the ancient welsh grain - in a poly bag!

 

[yellowfrog]

and it took him 4 weeks to thrash an acre of grain

 

[primmiemoo]

I was too busy reading to watch the whole item about the wheat, so evidently missed something.

Couldn't fail to miss that the sourdough starter is called Bernard! It is a living thing, after all

 

[primmiemoo]

and it took him 4 weeks to thrash an acre of grain

Give us, this day ...

 

[Sonoftheheir]

and it took him 4 weeks to thrash an acre of grain

I wonder what yield he got? 1-2t?

 

[JeepJeep]

Bet the bread wasn't cheap either...

 

[Robt]

Interesting piece on the history of wheat tonight showing films and photos of oats and barley

Yes I saw that! I shouted! That’s barley!

 

[Devon Gurfallo]

I was too busy reading to watch the whole item about the wheat, so evidently missed something.

Couldn't fail to miss that the sourdough starter is called Bernard! It is a living thing, after all

What are the vegans going to eat now!

 

[Al R]

Vintage threshing with the poverty stick on the stone step with the ancient welsh grain - in a poly bag!

What county was he in? There’s a clown/crook like that down here yet has had hundreds of thousands in grant money/donations on fudged applications