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Title: Farmers See Huge Spike In Hay Thefts...
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KMOX
URL Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/12 ... mers-fight-rise-in-hay-thefts/
Published: Dec 3, 2012
Author: KMOX
Post Date: 2012-12-03 23:27:52 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 12438
Comments: 30
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - As if it’s not bad enough that Missouri farmers are trying to survive the worst drought in decades, now many of them are facing a new problem that’s costing them big bucks. Missouri Farm Bureau president Blake Hurst says thieves are actually targeting those big bundles of hay that are left out in fields prior to being harvested, hauling them off and selling the valuable commodity. “Of course, no one brands their hay so if you hook onto it with your tractor or your pickup and make it out the gate, then it’s impossible to prove where the hay came from,” Hurst said. With winter approaching and grass dying out, the price for fresh hay to feed livestock is on the rise, and Hurst says that makes unguarded bales a tempting target. Ironically, it’s because of the ongoing drought that fresh hay has become so valuable with the winter season fast approaching. And it’s not just Missouri. This trend is happening in farm states across the country, so much so that some are now putting global positioning trackers inside their bales, in case they’re stolen.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Expect a lot more of this. We are knee deep in the Obama bullshitter economy.
How much are those GPS tracking devices?
And....thank you. A round bale can be had for $75. All you want. If someone's losing these, they're operation's too big. Easier to cut holes in grain bins and take that. More profitable....;}
I remember when a round bale was going for a fraction of that. The drought was terrible this past year.
Since one needs a tractor to load and a trailer to haul the damn things, the thieves shouldn't be hard to spot.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Obama is stopping the storms from raining in your area? No wonder the GOP lost.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
It's probably Obama's illegal alien invader "dream students" that are stealing the hay. To paraphrase Jorge W. Bush... guest thieves. "Family values don't stop at the Rio Grande".
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Not a chance. That's work,and right now they are getting paid to sleep in school and everything is free for them. Why would they bother to do the hard work of stealing bales of hay?
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Exactly. I'm thinking it's gov't land.
The drought is terrible this past year, and into the Winter. FIFY And it will get increasingly harder to hide. Especially in the SW US.
We had some rain yesterday. Free car wash from Mother Nature.
You can use it for a free shower too Fred.
When it rained hard in my younger days I'd grab a bucket of soapy water and do the four minute car wash on my vehicle. I was in shorts and flip flops. I should have brought a bar of soap for my crusty self.
mcgowanjm is getting the bidness over at Robin's. If they ban him they'd drop 20 percent in readership.
???
Plus, I don't believe this thread has 790 views. There must be some sort of software glitch or sumpin'.
Oh the nest. I thought it closed that place up a while back.
??? Don't play dumb, you idiot. You obsess over her.
For the life of me I don'ty know why Robin lets Chanboy run off her posters. He's really not that special.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Jimbo will hang tuff. That's one reason I admire him.
Looks like someone unleashed the 'flying monkeys' again. "They" pull this stunt back in the summer too. Whatever their intent, it didn't work. Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Guilty as charged for the summer one. Actually I was trying out a new mouse.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
lol.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
We're talking monkeys here.
Yep. Us too. Nice soaking Inch with thunderboomers....;} You can barely tell it rained though. No run off....
I should have brought a bar of soap for my crusty self. Lulz
You obsess over her. 8D
like 'barb' wire......;}
Hey man, my younger brother is getting married for the third time in San Francisco on Saturday and I'm flying out in a few hours for the occasion. You take care of yourself and I'll take care of everything else. They say Charlie Strong is going to Tennessee. I don't believe it.
They say Charlie Strong is going to Tennessee. I don't believe it. ;} You're right not to believe it.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
This trend is happening in farm states across the country, so much so that some are now putting global positioning trackers inside their bales, in case they’re stolen.
#3. To: Fred Mertz (#2)
How much are those GPS tracking devices?
#4. To: mcgowanjm (#3)
#5. To: mcgowanjm (#3)
If someone's losing these, they're operation's too big.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Expect a lot more of this. We are knee deep in the Obama bullshitter economy.
#7. To: Brian S, *Border Invasion* (#0)
(Edited)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#8. To: hondo68 (#7)
It's probably Obama's illegal alien invader "dream students" that are stealing the hay.
#9. To: mininggold (#5)
Since one needs a tractor to load and a trailer to haul the damn things, the thieves shouldn't be hard to spot.
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#4)
The drought was terrible this past year.
#11. To: mcgowanjm (#10)
#12. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
We had some rain yesterday. Free car wash from Mother Nature.
#13. To: A K A Stone (#12)
#14. To: A K A Stone (#12)
#15. To: Fred Mertz (#14)
Robin's
#16. To: A K A Stone (#12)
#17. To: Fred Mertz (#14)
#18. To: A K A Stone (#15)
Robin's
#19. To: Fred Mertz (#16)
Plus, I don't believe this thread has 790 views. There must be some sort of software glitch or sumpin'.
#20. To: mininggold (#19)
#21. To: Fred Mertz, a k a stone (#16)
Plus, I don't believe this thread has 790 views.
#22. To: Brian S (#21)
"They" pull this stunt back in the summer too. Whatever their intent, it didn't work.
#23. To: mininggold (#22)
#24. To: mininggold (#22)
Actually I was trying out a new mouse.
#25. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
#26. To: Fred Mertz (#13)
When it rained hard in my younger days I'd grab a bucket of soapy water and do the four minute car wash on my vehicle. I was in shorts and flip flops.
#27. To: Fred Mertz (#18)
Don't play dumb, you idiot.
#28. To: Fred Mertz (#20)
#29. To: mcgowanjm (#28)
#30. To: Fred Mertz (#29)
You take care of yourself and I'll take care of everything else.
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