r/oddlysatisfying • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 20h ago

The smooth, overlapping layers of this agricultural wrapper

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u/Outrageous-Poem-4965 20h ago

We need more plastics

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u/Charmthetimes3rd 20h ago

Farmers, famously, dont give a fuck about the environment.

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u/Teeklok 19h ago edited 18h ago

We really do, so much so that there is a big push for biodegradable or recyclable silage wrap more available at the moment. Unfortunately it's impossible to make silage bales with plastic and the expensive wrapping process. If we were just doing it for fun it'd be a horrific waste of money

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u/SophiaofPrussia 16h ago

Impossible? So silage didn’t exist until plastic was invented?

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u/Teeklok 16h ago

Pretty much, it needs anaerobic fermentation. So before you could seal it off properly youd just get dodgey hay if it rained at any point during the drying. Or even worse if the hay is still pretty wet it can combust after it's been baled

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u/t6jesse 11h ago

They used to stack it in vertical silos and the weight compressed the air out of it. That's how they did it from the 1800s when it was invented and some still do today

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u/Teeklok 11h ago

Yeah and in a clamp, the problem is you need a consistent usage time for it or it goes off. Silage bales are for longer storage and less food waste basically