Bird Behavior

From "All about birds" website: All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York's Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. Today, more than 200 million European Starlings range from Alaska to Mexico, and many people consider them pests.

A recent Hoards article a Starling can consume up to 50% of its bodyweight in grain a day. I immediately want to call this bird a pig but that just confuses me.

Secure Covers do a great job in the fight against birds like these. (Crows and Turkeys too!)

California on fire again.

Most of my family is from California. I move out here during the San Diego fires a couple years ago when half a million people had to be evacuated. This view is from Pasadena where my sister is a teacher.

It isn't pretty when this happens. All our prayers and hopes to the people in harms way.

You be the judge

It may be just me, but that far side looks like a lot of work.

Interesting Map

R & D

We've been beta testing these clips for attaching any weight or ropes to Secure Covers. I cliped on one of our 40lb Gravel Bags three months ago. No signs of wear in the clip, no tears or stretches in the Secure Covers material. So far so good!

Roto Grind For Sale

Our Demo Roto Grinder is for sale. It is still shiny and rearin' to work. Click here for more! http://www.afsbagman.com/bag_mans_hot_deals.htm

Tornado next door!

We had some strong thunderstorms yesterday. A few tornados touchdown. We hope and pray nobody was injured in the mêlée.

Newest Secure Covered Bunker

This dairyman just got back into the game last year. He didn't have any tires or sidewalls to hold down his bunker cover. His choice was importing a semiload of tires or Secure Covers. Looks Great! Covered Fast and Easy! No landfill of old tires on the farm!

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?