farmers fodder panic and urban lawns...

flanum

what about if everyone who cuts their lawn this year and throws all the cut grass into a big collection area to be collected by councils and distributed to the farmers for their cows??? no?? just thought it might be a bit of an idea!!!

cherryghost

Nah.

Ihatecuddles-old

cherryghost wrote: »

Nah.

I was going to say neigh but then realised cows don't say that

cherryghost

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I was going to say neigh but then realised cows don't say that

That would be udderly ridiculous alright.

kneemos

Full of crap and dog ****e.

123 LC

I don't think it's very good for them to be honest....definitely not for horses, it can cause colic and kill them

Zillah

123 LC wrote: »

I don't think it's very good for them to be honest....definitely not for horses, it can cause colic and kill them

Grass?

dodderangler

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I was going to say neigh but then realised cows don't say that

Pretty sure it's moo

Sofiztikated

Zillah wrote: »

Grass?

Short cut grass, and generally lawn grass is a different (wrong) type of grass.

123 LC

Zillah wrote: »

Grass?

cut grass....something about fermentation...and chewing the cud....I'm no farmer so I'm gonna stop here :P

Ihatecuddles-old

dodderangler wrote: »

Pretty sure it's moo

How sure now? you wouldn't be trying to make me look the gobsh*te??

I can do that myself

dodderangler

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

How sure now? you wouldn't be trying to make me look the gobsh*te??

I can do that myself

Work away so

kneemos

It would need to be baled straight away also to keep fresh afaik.

DEFTLEFTHAND

You stupid Jackeens, don't you realise that grass has to be sealed in an airtight pit after cutting. The animals won't eat butyric acid silage.

kevthegaff

brother was cutting hes and throwing it into a diet feeder with the neighbours, it all helps! ye cant feed it to cows as they could abort from neaspora

mikemac1

No thanks OP

Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

blindside88

mikemac1 wrote: »

No thanks OP

Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

Dublin airport grass there grass to farmers last week afaik

Will I Amnt

mikemac1 wrote: »

No thanks OP

Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

http://tnt24.ie/index.php/2013/05/dublin-airport-offers-farmers-free-grass/13529/

And we don't even have stupid farmers...

mikemac1

Happy to be corrected

galwayrush

I think grass cut by lawnmower has residue from the petrol/exhaust all over it making it poisonous. (Not certain.)

looksee

I was wondering the same as the op, I am not entirely convinced by a lot of the answers. If airport grass is ok for animals why not county council urban green area cutting? There is an area beside my house that no one goes on except the grass cutter, it must be an acre at least.

Peregrine

mikemac1 wrote: »

No thanks OP

Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

They did and it's not as simple as that.

The length of grass at airports is hugely important, it's not just any field. We had a huge rise in birdstrikes on aircraft last year after grass was cut.

kneemos

Would it help if we all started eating veal?

BeardySi

mikemac1 wrote: »

No thanks OP

Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

well if you didn't see it, clearly it didn't happen....

mikemac1

You didn't see post 19 either...

Rasheed

kevthegaff wrote: »

brother was cutting hes and throwing it into a diet feeder with the neighbours, it all helps! ye cant feed it to cows as they could abort from neaspora

It's Neasporo that's the problem. It's carried in dog shyte and if a cow eats she while in calf, she can abort. If she doesn't abort, her calf can become infected and if female, she will abort and so on. It can't be vaccinated against and is a the beast will be a life long carrier.

The grass that the dog shiite on will also be contaminated for years so that's where the danger comes from. Too much fresh cut grass could also affect cattle in other ways like Grass Tetany.

It would solve a lot of problems but farmers can't take the chance.

mike65

Suburban grass is full of ****e. Now wash your hands! (seriously wash your hands after handling grass)

Son Of A Vidic

mikemac1 wrote: »

...Shannon airport allowed 300 acres of their land to be baled.

I didn't see the boyos in Dublin airport making the same gesture.

Of course they're not cutting the grass. The idiots are probably trying to smoke it.

CrazyRabbit

Only if a few months later they provide some free steaks in return.

Andrea B.

Source and quality could not be guaranteed.
Any Ragworth within would also make it poisonous.
Wouldn't want horsemeat in yor beefburger would you?

Celly Smunt

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

You stupid Jackeens, don't you realise that grass has to be sealed in an airtight pit after cutting. The animals won't eat butyric acid silage.

Ah yeah,sure that's common knowledge for us stupid jackeens.

rolliepoley

Will I Amnt wrote: »

http://tnt24.ie/index.php/2013/05/dublin-airport-offers-farmers-free-grass/13529/

And we don't even have stupid farmers...

You must of never been to north dublin then because it full of farmers.

efb

At this stage the point is moo-t