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Silage (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia
 

In the US, often seen piled up with white tarps over it and cut up tires on top

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

The Sauerkraut for the cattle.

[–] LesserAbe 6 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, thanks. I knew silage was a thing we fed to farm animals but didn't know what it was or why we use it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sound and smell experience of October.

Heavy tractors with flashing lights decelerating, working up the silage to empty the trailer and than driving back to the field with the whirring of the corn chopper. The clack of the large tractor doors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The smell of my childhood

[–] Warl0k3 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've never seen a text description of silage that communicates successfully just how truly bad silage smells, but "More like raw human sewage than actual raw human sewage" comes close. Truly awful stuff to be around for any length of time.

[–] Hamartia 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I grew up in the country side. And I don't mind silage at all. Smells a bit like sweet fermented grass to me. Pig farms on the hand, omg that odor travels for miles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The 'sweet' part is what made me hate it so much. But I do agree hog confinements are worse.

[–] jqubed 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, that’s what I’ve seen in upstate New York!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I only know about this from Farming Simulator.

[–] hoch 3 points 2 weeks ago

The series is so successful, they turned it into a real thing