Wednesday, December 6

The threat of rain last week had local farmers scurrying to harvest the last of their hay while it was still dry.  Their business plans depend on feeding their stock with grass produced on their own property rather than buying in feed, especially in the winter. So, the paddocks are now covered in hundreds of round bales, most wrapped in plastic.

For many years the ubiquitous colour of the plastic wrap has been light green but, more and more, pink bales are appearing.  It seems the supplier of the plastic wrap makes a donation to Breast Cancer Research for every pink cover sold.  Very commendable and it's good to see that some enlightened farmers are now displaying bales covered in purple plastic with a black stripe.  I'm told that these bales have  attracted a donation for Prostate Cancer Research.  It's only fair and right; prostate cancer kills more men in Australia than women brought down by breast cancer. ( that sentence didn't come out right)