glasshouse
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So the rain gets in?Concrete panel walls without a sheet 3 artics of citrus pulp on top of each clamp. Zero plastic
So the rain gets in?Concrete panel walls without a sheet 3 artics of citrus pulp on top of each clamp. Zero plastic
Yes it does but doesn’t seem to effect it too much this probably went in at 30%+ Dm. The wet isn’t too much of an issue as we mix with dry feeds but is probably too wet to feed alone 2nd cut btwSo the rain gets in?
Why would a clamp be I pile of crap? It’s easy to make it a pile of crap the same way you can leave bale for the crows to get or let cattle to it and they make holes in every one. The loss of the trailed forager and self propelled gangs putting too much in a clamp without consolidating has probably made this myth
We did our bale costs at half of seed cost, fertilizer, wrap, baled, stack, haul, mowed, ted, raked and it was £15.13 per bale.
I calculated the mowing, raking and tedding of the tractor hours plus one tenth of the purchase of the machine, checking this with Nix I found it to be only a couple pounds an acre at most from farmers costs they had listed. Since I would keep the tractor, mower, tedder, rake and wrapper etc for 2nd and subsequent cuts the expense of a silage pit would be prohibitive and increase the fixed costs significantly, it would have to be roofed as I have no slurry or dirty water system.
The fact that it's fueling an unsustainable demand for fossil fuels?I don’t know what the problem is with plastic to be honest if disposed of properly. Bale it, bury it, carbon stored. If somewhere down the line it becomes worth recycling it can be dug up, it could end up being a valuable resource.
I’ve a commercial bin from council for my plastic. Rubbish from here goes to Shetland where they burn it to produce heating for houses in Lerwick I believe.At last someones included establishment cost of grass too! If this is divided by number of years ley down its not a small figure.
Obviously nobody puts on any lime either.
Does anyone speak to waste disposal company about what they do with waste plastic? I know ours goes to landfill.
As said above be better to burn it and utilise heat energy.
The fact that it's fueling an unsustainable demand for fossil fuels?