The 18th of the month seems to loom, (plenty of time to write a quick article), the 18th of the month arrives and it disappears and yet again I have missed the last few deadlines. Excuse ? None !
It seems daft to talk about our summer activities now that the autumn and the rains are here in abundance but I just thought you might all be interested in a fact I learnt whilst we were making silage. As most of you know, silage is either cut and stored in a clamp and normally covered with huge pieces of plastic held down by loads of used tyres, or it is baled into large round bales and subsequently wrapped in black plastic. Given we don’t make a lot; the latter option suits us. We contract this operation out to a local firm, MT contractors, who get on with the job brilliantly and the only real involvement I get is to pay his bill. Well this year, on completion of the task, I noticed that the last bale wrapped was in pink. I asked Marcus whether he had run out on the last bale and only pink was available. He told me that agricultural supplier Wynnstay was one of the suppliers of special pink bale wrap that popped up across the UK countryside as a way of raising awareness of breast cancer in the agricultural sector. For every roll of the wrap made by the manufacturer Volac, Wynnstay make a donation which is matched by Volac. How amazing is that! I am unaware of the money donated across the agricultural sector but I am thrilled that my one pink bale has contributed something, no matter how small.