{"id":143,"date":"2011-06-14T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/making-hay-when-the-sun-shines"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:47","slug":"making-hay-when-the-sun-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/06\/14\/making-hay-when-the-sun-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Hay When the Sun Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Numbers:<\/span><\/div>\n
25 \u00a0 bales of hay average yield per football field<\/div>\n
2 \u00a0 \u00a0 harvests per year<\/div>\n
10 \u00a0 \u20acuro\/bale \u00a0sales value to farmer<\/div>\n
The hay is then “cooked” in the black plastic you see in the last picture<\/div>\n
20 \u00a0 \u20acuro\/bale \u00a0cost to buyer<\/div>\n
10 \u00a0 number of bales average cow eats per month<\/div>\n
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The Numbers: 25 bales of hay average yield per football field 2 harvests per year 10 ???uro\/bale sales value to farmer The hay is then “cooked” in the black plastic you see in the last picture 20 ???uro\/bale cost to buyer 10 number of bales average co…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5661,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/08\/16\/bikes-lose-as-china-car-sales-outpace-usa\/","url_meta":{"origin":143,"position":0},"title":"Bikes Lose as China Car Sales Outpace USA","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you missed it. sales of cars in China, overtook those of the USA in 2009 per\u00a0this report.- Bicycles are to China now what gondolas are to Venice where ridership has gone from 80% to 18% in last 10 years. \u00a0- China's vast infrastructure of bike lanes is now\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "NBGGrabBag"","block_context":{"text":"NBGGrabBag","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/nbggrabbag\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-CT8Y_CDaiPg\/UHiPa7v4pgI\/AAAAAAAAAfY\/uBmKfrxyFQc\/s320\/264157_403442283054147_1020414932_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12938,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2017\/06\/23\/wallets-on-wheels-cycle-tourism-is-great-for-the-economystudies-show-that-tourists-on-bicycles-spend-more-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":143,"position":1},"title":"Wallets on Wheels: Cycle Tourism is Great for the Economy, Studies show that tourists on bicycles spend more money.","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Until this heat wave paralyzed Davis (11 straight triple digit days), this awareness is was what I was planning to show Davis more business owners when I invite them to be a part of our National Bicycle Greenway attractions map for Davis per - https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=z-aFnloT8tI8.k9tpJBpP020U \u00a0 And showing cyclists where\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "NBG Business Plan"","block_context":{"text":"NBG Business Plan","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/nbg-business-plan\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Screen Shot 2017-06-23 at 3.52.08 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-3.52.08-PM.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-3.52.08-PM.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-3.52.08-PM.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-3.52.08-PM.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15932,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/03\/18\/mile-marker-placement-draft\/","url_meta":{"origin":143,"position":2},"title":"Mile Marker Placement Draft","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mile Marker Placement Draft Until we leaned that USBR 35 will get you to the shores of Lake Michigan but still 66 miles east of Chicago, and before Google entered the room with Slow Maps in\u00a0 April 2021, this was how we were going to move forward. 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