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Thu Aug 22, 2019, 01:53 PM

Aug 2019

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Soybeans spontaneously ignite - flooding Missouri. [View all] underpants Aug 2019 OP

Happens to almost any pile of organic material... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #1

I have learned something today underpants Aug 2019 #3

We lost a new barn to this when I was a kid. Quackers Aug 2019 #7

Yeah, if you bale it wet, it can be a problem... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #8

The hay has to be dry whichever size and shape you bale it jcgoldie Aug 2019 #14

Thanks, Trump! Cracklin Charlie Aug 2019 #2

It's like oily rags. Self-combustion happens. MineralMan Aug 2019 #4

You're right. MineralMan Aug 2019 #6

😁 underpants Aug 2019 #12

It's why grain silos explode Recursion Aug 2019 #9

Especially when in dust form and are aerosolized. roamer65 Aug 2019 #20

Well, no actually. It isn't. Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #22

Like mulch, always round off the top of the pile. Leaving it in an Kurt V. Aug 2019 #10

spontaneous combustion jcgoldie Aug 2019 #13

Our garden mulch did the same. Totally Tunsie Aug 2019 #18

When I was a teenager, I was taught to occasionally turn compost heaps. Blue_true Aug 2019 #21

k and r.. for exposure. Stuart G Aug 2019 #19

That's a whole bunch of GMO, Roundup soy - no loss womanofthehills Aug 2019 #23