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2 hours ago, Woodie said:

Isn't funny how all religions have depictions similar to these. 

Not sure what the reasoning is behind it?.

I wonder if the guy being sawed in half survived?.

That was a magic trick way back then , there was actually 2 people there

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Down at the farm we have a dam so we decided to stock it with fish for another food source when big enough to eat .

  So here is a spot of fishing done the lazy way . 

 The lady's ( with Annet's help ) got 40 klg of fish  at 30 baht per klg and then threw in an other 5 klg for free 

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                        Bamboo

     WE are heading down to Pattaya tomorrow for a few days and always bring supplies for the staff .

Before moving to Thailand I only used the shoots from a tin when cooking stir fry, as usual the fresh stuff is way better . 

   So here is a little on bamboo .

 There are over a 1000 different types of bamboo and it is from the grass family , also its about the fastest growing land based plant in the world  . The Bamboo shoots we collected today about a meter tall and took 2 days to get that size so here is the process .

    They are collected up to a meter tall ( over that height the taste is not good )  , the outer leaves are removed then chopped into small peaces then brought to the boil then simmered for up to 3 hours when the flesh becomes soft and eatable. It can be eaten in peaces with any meal or made into a mash with chilly added  and eaten with sticky rice ( I prefer it with chilly as I find it bland otherwise ) .    

 

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Cows and Cassava

On farm near Buriram.

Love these animals big floppy ears, they are taken out each day to find grass, or the grass is cut and taken to them indoors especially during the heavy monsoon weather.

notice the beautifully hoed rows of the cassava

They also grow rice and have rubber trees, told that rubber prices are up this year

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12 hours ago, stoolpusher said:

The rice we planted back in June is coming along just fine and should be ready for harvest in a month to 6 weeks time . It will be harvested by hand as the combine is to big for the size of our induvial rice fields .  

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Yes, but what about Andy???.

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2 hours ago, JustSumGai said:

really nice crop Stoolie.  My gf's ain't near that good yet. 

she farms this mostly by herself...sis helps in throwing out the seed and bring it in, guy with tractor cultivates, but all the weeding and fertilizer spreading she does alone.  I worry it's too much.

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  Her crop is coming along nice, it all depends on when it was planted, quality of the soil and water . hers was planted ( not cast ) same as our crop by the looks . 

Fertilizing can be hard/heavy work and keeping the grass down between the fields is ok if you have a good brush cutter . I am lucky here because some of the cattle farmers need fresh grass for the cows so they come and cut it sometimes . I find the biggest hassle is keeping the water up to the rice and if there is to much rain then you have a wash out so sand bags are needed.

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18 hours ago, Annat said:

Cows and Cassava

On farm near Buriram.

Love these animals big floppy ears, they are taken out each day to find grass, or the grass is cut and taken to them indoors especially during the heavy monsoon weather.

notice the beautifully hoed rows of the cassava

They also grow rice and have rubber trees, told that rubber prices are up this year

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Are the cows shown bred for meat or milk?. Their udders are really small compared to a Fresian or Jersey.

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very much the English cow and calf farming, believe this one is due next year

do not think the Thais are into a lot of milking, they take them for walks to find grass on common areas, under trees and on road sides, very much like the old rural and traveller way in the UK

These cows are very expensive by Thais standards, I might be wrong but 20000 to 30000+ bhts each

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The cows with the floppy ears and the buffalo are both for eating . They are expensive to  buy and good profits when sold with not much maintenance if you have enough feed for them . I looked into getting a few but needed the farm for rice and other crops so maybe next year .

  The cows have a a calf every 9 months so it is pretty slow to build up a good number to be profitable. 

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Thank Mr.P 

 We have had a few already, I came across one yesterday at the farm it was a cobra about 1 metre long. With the the rice being very close to be harvested we are getting a lot of rats and field mice,  also many frogs live in the rice fields so you have to expect to see the snakes after a meal. 

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We have started on harvesting the rice crop to day , the small areas are cut by hand and the larger one be cut using a combined harvester.  The rice we cut will dry over next two or so days a d then will go through the heading machine then bagged a d sold ( hopefully for a good price ) .

  Here are a few pics of today's efforts. 

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We had the combine come in today and harvest the rest of the Jasmine rice , it will be spread out in the sun over the next couple of days then be bagged up and stored

in a dry place for a few months and the sold as the price per KG should be better than the 6 baht I was quoted today .

 

I will add a few photos of the drying prosses tomorrow 

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A change of plan :

  we sold 50% of the rice we cut yesterday and got 8.70 baht per kg and here is some of the other out drying , some will be kept for personal use and the rest will be sold .

    The average family go through a 40kg bag of rice in about 2 months ( eating rice 3 times per day ) , so we will store it. 

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2 hours ago, stoolpusher said:

8.70 baht per kg

 

2 hours ago, stoolpusher said:

40kg bag of rice in about 2 months

Interesting numbers.   Much cheaper than weed!

So an entire family has their rice needs for 2 months met for 350 baht!

Seems like a lot of work for 8.7 baht per kilo!   What is the approx cost to produce a kilo of rice?  

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2 hours ago, Pdoggg said:

 

Interesting numbers.   Much cheaper than weed!

So an entire family has their rice needs for 2 months met for 350 baht!

Seems like a lot of work for 8.7 baht per kilo!   What is the approx cost to produce a kilo of rice?  

 I don't know how much a kg of rice from the store cost , all rice farmers keep a quantity of jasmine and sticky rice for the family 

Taking in all cots ; seed , land prep , fertiliser, labour and such ( planting and harvesting)works out about 1.5 to 2 baht per , the sale price is from the weigh bridge who sell it on for who knows what price they get. They wait until they get a full truck and trailer load ( approx 40 T ) ,they sell it to an agent who is only interested in larg amounts. 

  As with all farms worldwide they make the least amount of profits on any crop , even the dairy farmers get a pittance per litre compared to what you pay for it at the store 

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great stuff Stoolie...I've had a hard time getting info from my ladyboy farmer.  She's got 8 rai.  They usually harvest by hand, paying workers 3-400 baht a day, I've always suspected it was a money loser when it's all said and done, or very near.  If she can buy rice at 2000 baht a year for her small family use, I think she should just dig great holes in her fields and farm fish and  crawfish maybe.  THIS YEAR one of those Kubota mini harvesters showed up and she'll go that route I think. 

Tell me something, her fields look all BLOWN DOWN, like trashed by wind, yet yours are standing fine, just yellowed. What's up with that do ya know? Can't get an answer from Polly.

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