Tag: agriculture
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Moving Sugar Beet
Reading Time: 2 minutes For a few weeks you see piles of sugar beet at one end, or another of fields. They stay that way for a while, until it rains for some reason. When it rains those piles of beet are loaded into hundreds of tractor trailer loads and transported to the train yard.…
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Hay There
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rolls of Hay wrapped in plastic Recently we have had droughts so hay has not grown much. This year we have had plenty of rain. This means that hay and grass has had a good growing season. This in turn means that there will be plenty of feed for cows.…
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Grains – Harvesting Before the Rain
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grains in a hand, found on the road. According to my watch, and farmers, a storm is coming. That’s why they are busy trying to harvest all the grain before it hits. At this time of year you can watch the combine harvesters harvesting all the fields and collecting grain.…
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10 Billion People for Dinner
Reading Time: < 1 minute Having ten billion people to feed will have consequences.