Fang Farmers Flame Fields

[FolkGuitar]

I guess they just couldn't wait until March. We saw quite a few different fields belching smoke as we rode around the back roads.

[canuckamuck]

Getting rid of the corn husks.

[MESmith]

Farmers burn 365 days a year. Burning season is a myth

[Torrens54]

Firebugs !

[Saan]

Getting rid of the corn husks.

I wish someone would tell farmers that you can use corn husks as animal food. Might save a bit of burning off, A few lessons on composting and silage might be worthwhile too.

Anything to stop the dreaded, choking smoke that invades Chiang Mai each year.

[Thailand]

The government will sort it out, not to worry.

[arunsakda]

I thought burning was illegal. How about a crackdown?

Army/Cops see smoke, go to source. Who Burn here?

Off to Jail simple enough.

[iainiain101]

Driving back from Chiang Rai yesterday it was amazing how much burning was happening, and I only saw them burning the rice stubble. Was expecting great views in Phayao, but could only just make out the mountains from the lake.

[Rancid]

Hmm, reminds me to get a good mask.

[orang37]

Farmers burn 365 days a year. Burning season is a myth

Why is it that my lungs are not happy after hearing that ?

~o:37;

[shirtless]

I dont why the west bothers with co2 emissions every where i go i see people burning perfectly good vegetable matter , instead of composting it and saving on fertilizer, i just dont get it

[terminatorchiangmai]

The government will sort it out, not to worry.

Yes the law will be enforced when you cannot see more than 50 meters or cannot breath any more.

[junglechef]

Driving back from Chiang Rai yesterday it was amazing how much burning was happening, and I only saw them burning the rice stubble. Was expecting great views in Phayao, but could only just make out the mountains from the lake.

Interesting they were burning rice stubble, have they harvested there already or just left over from last harvest?

Edited October 25, 2015 by junglechef

[MESmith]

Driving back from Chiang Rai yesterday it was amazing how much burning was happening, and I only saw them burning the rice stubble. Was expecting great views in Phayao, but could only just make out the mountains from the lake.

Interesting they were burning rice stubble, have they harvested there already or just left over from last harvest?

Harvest has begun SE of Chiang Mai too.

[FolkGuitar]

Newly harvested rice everywhere around Fang. To the north, rice ready to be cut. Can't hardly see the mountains from the middle of Fang, and Doi Angkahn not much better, and rice stubble and chaff burning in all directions.

[trainman34014]

Rice ready around Hang Dong and cutting will start next week, all burned off by year end. Same routine every year but no second crop, just beans.

[LivinLOS]

The government will sort it out, not to worry.

Yes the law will be enforced when you cannot see more than 50 meters or cannot breath any more.

No I think thats the stage where they form a committee to evaluate the problem and look for solutions..

[Thailand]

The government will sort it out, not to worry.

Yes the law will be enforced when you cannot see more than 50 meters or cannot breath any more.

No I think thats the stage where they form a committee to evaluate the problem and look for solutions..

Nope, that only happens when the first heavy rains extinguish the last burning fields and hedgerows.

[1Gringo]

is there a single person on this forum who can speak/write English?

[MESmith]

is there a single person on this forum who can speak/write English?

You do realize sentences begin with an uppercase letter?

[slapout]

I thought today had been declared ''be nice in the sand box day'' guess i misunderstood , my vision or maybe it was a

dream

its best for you health to end the day on a happy note just as most 'grouchs'' excepted, start the day..

[Puwa]

Fussy farang fulminates with fingers.

[FolkGuitar]

Today we rode west out of Fang towards Doi Angkahn, and there was smoke everywhere we looked. Left side, right side, and in front of us... Frankly, after 15years living in Japan I've come to like the smell of burning rice chaff, but unfortunately along with the smell comes the pollution.

[Thailand]

is there a single person on this forum who can speak/write English?

yew meen loik wot oi duz!!!?:

[anon467848]

is there a single person on this forum who can speak/write English?

Any preference? American or the Queen's English?

[daoyai]

is there a single person on this forum who can speak/write English?

No, us single guys R lazy, the married guys seem to write better.