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This straw picking and spreading machine is awesome!! (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 OP
That is awesome. badhair77 Apr 2021 #1
I went to a presentation by Pa. Dept of ag to dairy farmers. 3Hotdogs Apr 2021 #11
Wisconsin Farm Porn Botany Apr 2021 #2
No straws were picked or spead in this video. It is a hay spreader. There is a difference ... marble falls Apr 2021 #3
Two different attachments randr Apr 2021 #4
nope. all given to the cows as feed. mopinko Apr 2021 #5
"all given to the cows as feed" left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #7
i stand corrected. mopinko Apr 2021 #9
what?? markie Apr 2021 #6
I'm sure some kids down the street will come help for a dollar an hour. JohnnyRingo Apr 2021 #8
I suspect it is a corporate farm left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #10

badhair77

(4,639 posts)
1. That is awesome.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 07:24 AM
Apr 2021

I am not a farmer but I pass lots of them each day. Farming requires physical labor but also mental acuity because of all the considerations, like climate, crop choices, the market, etc.. In South Central PA we’re losing farms to developers which is criminal. Where will we get our food? My age prevents me from planting the garden I used to plant. I get some for my personal needs but don’t freeze what I did in younger days. We all need to have an appreciation for our agriculture workers.

3Hotdogs

(13,476 posts)
11. I went to a presentation by Pa. Dept of ag to dairy farmers.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 11:51 AM
Apr 2021

The presentation was about how to consolidate insemination so as to have all the calves born in (I think it was January). That way, the farmer could have one or two months with an 18 hour day, instead of a 20 hour day.

That was around 20 years ago when the dairy farmers weren't losing as much money as they do now.

I think it was about 5 years ago that one of the largest dairy producers told Pa farmers that they would no longer buy their milk because of the decline in dairy consumption. The dairy could not sell the milk they were producing. Affected farmers had 60 days to find another buyer for their raw mild.

Of course they are selling to developers.

marble falls

(62,378 posts)
3. No straws were picked or spead in this video. It is a hay spreader. There is a difference ...
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 08:02 AM
Apr 2021

... no one round-bales straw.

randr

(12,483 posts)
4. Two different attachments
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 08:41 AM
Apr 2021

One fed hay
The other definitely spread straw
Have seen round bales of straw many times, used for bedding and floors such as shown.

mopinko

(71,891 posts)
5. nope. all given to the cows as feed.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 09:06 AM
Apr 2021

that tire thing at the end was so cute.
i want one. do they make a mini version for us little farmers, do you think?

JohnnyRingo

(19,348 posts)
8. I'm sure some kids down the street will come help for a dollar an hour.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:07 AM
Apr 2021

Oops! I just had a flash back to my youth in the '60s.
I learned I'd rather work in a pizza shop for $.75 an hour than bale hay. The food wasn't as good though.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
10. I suspect it is a corporate farm
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:22 AM
Apr 2021

I also suspect it would be too expensive for an individual on a family farm to buy that type of equipment.

I suspect too that I may be wrong.

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