Seriously?

Why buy somebody else's trash? Why import a difficult chore?

Bird Behavior

Look closely and you'll see the bird damage. It is easy to miss, until you find all your feed spoiled.

For the Birds!

This farmer was having trouble with birds on the top of his bags. They would peck through up and down the bag. He would tape it up. They peck again. He tapes again. They peck again. He tapes again. Etc Etc Etc.

The other thing about it was he found later that the bird's talons would puncture tiny holes which went unnoticed but caused just as much spoilage.

The Secure Covers did a great job counteracting the birds, not to mention a rather energetic dog that liked to do sprints on the top of the bags!

Pile of Great Silage

This farmer has some of the best management I've seen around. His dairy really is clean. When they decided to move to pile storage, they had the decision to order a semi load or two of dirty sidewalls or Secure Covers. You can see for yourself that they went with Secure Covers. Every time I talk to the farmer's son, he boasts that he has never thrown a tire. He has a big grin ear to ear.

Another Silage Bag

This farmer wanted to cover the entire bag as he was having racoon and bird problems.

Long Long Bunker

Double Plastic, 10 Secure Covers...less than 3 hours. And it was WINDY!

Covering a Silage Bag!

When considering the value of your feed, fuel, seed, fertilizer, labor, machinery and time spent, do you really want to leave it all to the whims of a crow, racoon or hail? Does your dog ever run on the top of the bag?

Nice Little Pile!

A local farmer who usually rents a Kelly Ryan bagger from us had some extra feed and wanted to try the Secure Covers. It's pretty nice that he didn't have to bust his back throwing tires to cover some extra feed.

Busy Busy Busy

Well, the past month has been very busy. But lots of work is always better than no work. So we are thankful for the activity. The World Dairy Expo was a lot of fun. It was great to meet so many farmers from all over the world. We met farmers from Turkey, Sweden, Japan, Uraguay and a lot of other countries that are more difficult to spell.

We also got another issue of the Buzz out. Here is a link if you want to download it. http://afsbagman.com/Buzz%203-10.pdf. It is a big file, so if you still are using a dial up connection, make sure you have another project you can work on while the computer downloads it.

Fresh Baggers! Get'em while they're hot!

This has very little to do with Secure Covers. But new equipment is aways fun. These baggers are destined to make hundreds of farmers and thousands of cows grin from ear to ear.

Silly Photographer

I don't think he realizes that his shadow is going to ruin the picture.

Hmmmmmm!

I wonder which approach will enable you to cover your pile without making a call to all your neighbors and friends for help.

The BUZZ is Back!

After a long hiatus, our beloved newsletter is back and badder than ever! It is circulated to over 3,000 farms now from coast to coast. If you or anyone you know would like a copy. Give us a call and we will send it right out.

MMMMMMM!!! Silage!!!!

This is the last portion from this pile.

Word from the pasture is that the cows love it!

Don't Worry About It!

Gary, a very generous and meticulous farmer from Wisconsin, allowed me to walk on his bunker and take some pictures. He said, "I'd never let anyone, not even my dog walk on the plastic. But with the Secure Covers, I don't worry about it. Really, I haven't had to worry about my bunker since I got the covers." If only his silo could provide such peace of mind, Gary could write that book he's been thinking of writing all these years.