A trailer load of straw passes a Michelin star
restaurant in Le Petit Pressigny.
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For much of the last half of July there was a frenzy of activity around all the villages here. The hot dry weather had finally arrived and the farmers mobilised to get the wheat harvest in. A seemingly endless stream of trucks and tractors pulling grain trailers lumbered down the narrow roads making deliveries from the fields to the silos. A pall of reddish dust hung in the air as the harvesters roared on through the night.
Harvested fields just outside Preuilly-sur-Claise.
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Spilt grain lies in the gutter in Le Petit Pressigny.
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Briefly idle, grain trucks parked in Le Petit Pressigny.
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Finally, at the very end of July the weather broke again, and the activity was reduced to sporadic bursts when it seemed it could be trusted not to rain for more than a few hours. Much of the wheat crop was off, and now the straw was being raked up and baled.
Grain mountains at Le Petit Pressigny silos.
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Our friends Tim and Gaynor got a
these terrific shots of a harvester working opposite their house in Le Petit Pressigny.
Susan
3 comments:
So that's what all the noise was...
We were wondering whether the grain would spoil piled up outside and what the ultimate use would be?
Gaynor: I think they must be worried the grain is either too hot or a bit too damp to put in the silos. It can sweat in the silo and that can cause fungal growth and sprouting. I don't know much about managing grain storage - that's just my best guess.
Gaynor: I assume it's for flour if it is high enough quality, otherwise, stockfeed.
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