Young Farmers Having Fun

[Joey Shabadoo]

Anybody else noticed the silage bale art in many fields just now? I've seen some real crackers as I've been driving around and it turns out it's part of a competition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-41566009

Scottish young farmers' straw bale art finalists revealed

Nice to see stuff that makes you smile

 

[Welsh wheels]

Anybody else noticed the silage bale art in many fields just now? I've seen some real crackers as I've been driving around and it turns out it's part of a competition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-41566009



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Nice to see stuff that makes you smile

That's not impressive at all. Clearly the farmer didn't do itself himself, he just got his minions to do it

 

[jefmcg]

No wonder they are worrying about EU subsidies being pulled.

I know. I hear some of them even go to the pub, or watch TV </sarcasm>

 

[Slick]

Yeah, I've seen a few including the farmer wants a wife thing. Mostly around Perth and on the A9 to Inverness, good to see there's still s bit of humour in such a hard pressed industry.

 

[Slick]

Yeah, as in every walk of life there are gentleman farmers but as a friend of mine who works as an accountant for the NFU tells me , there are large swathes of farmers struggling. Who else sells there products at a loss and gave their price set by a marketing board?

 

[Slick]

[QUOTE 5024628, member: 9609"]there certainly are, hill farming, dairy, cattle, its a hard life for not much return - I was mainly referring to the arable in this area that enjoys some of the richest farmland anywhere, its just like a giant growbag, its big money[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that is true.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 5024628, member: 9609"]there certainly are, hill farming, dairy, cattle, its a hard life for not much return - I was mainly referring to the arable in this area that enjoys some of the richest farmland anywhere, its just like a giant growbag, its big money[/QUOTE]
Just think about all the Whisky that the Barley will be turned into.

 

[raleighnut]

What if it gets turned into FYP?

?

 

[raleighnut]

Lager

Nowt wrong with Lager, I enjoy a nice cold bottle or 10 of the old wifebeater Stella at a Barbie.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

[QUOTE 5024628, member: 9609"] I was mainly referring to the arable in this area that enjoys some of the richest farmland anywhere, its just like a giant growbag, its big money[/QUOTE]

Comes out the f##cking ground!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDTiFkXgEE

 

[andabby]

We have these in a field near us up here too.

 

[Globalti]

Round here most of those bales are still green, there's been so little sun they haven't turned black yet.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Saw a display up near Keith where the bales looked like spiders. Drainage pipes had been used to give them long legs and a mannequin of a farmer's legs and wellies was hanging out the mouth of one.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[cyberknight]

Here was me expecting to find pictures of farmers with their favourite sheep