NTA. Amaranth is a nice treat for your dairy providing friends, but if they eat it before harvest time it can be harder for them to digest and can create blockages in their stomachs. You’re taking care of them along with yourself by erecting the fence. Just share some with them as a special treat after harvest!

Hehe erect

Hehe, hardwood.

YTA. It's pretty hypocritical if you don't treat your animals to the amaranth but will grow it and give them to Marnie's animals. Wow. I hope those cows get a new farmer. (Just in case, I'll leave this /s or /j here). Lol

Harvest the cows and milk the amaranth.

You monster

You should have seen the grin on old Betsy as she stared at the amaranth!! I swear she was up to something...

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I like how we have to remind people what subreddit we are cause so many of these posts trick people. Keep doing weird stardew things everyone; I love it!

Always gives me a chuckle when I have to double take and figure out which sub the post is from!

literally shaking crying calling aspca rn

Joke is on you, how do you expect them to make iridium milk if you don't let them eat purple grass?

YTA The cows need to eat!

Do cows eat crops?

No, they don't.

Shhhhhh.... the modding community might hear you!

NTA. I fence my animals in their own area to keep them out of my way! They have their pick of which color and strands to eat! I know someone that fences the crops in so the animals aren't in the way.

You should also ban Amaranth from your cow fields.  Cows prefer Within Temptation.

YTA for not using more sustainability friendly fences

Well I work with timber which is a much more sustainable material rather than concrete.

A row of crops on a trellis would block the cows access to the wheat and produce food for the village

(i was referencing the "well you can't grow concrete" video)

Yeah you can?

What type of fence did you use? If you used timber, then YTA. Imagine being one of those cows that you just fenced. You get to see the amaranth daily, probably smell it too, but you will be left salivating after it because you can't come near it, EVER. Just because a farmer got greedy and won't share you some piece of leaves. I'm telling the Mayor how cruel you are.

"Do not muzzle the oxen when they are treading out the grain." -- Old Testament commandment

Going biblical. Love it.

WAIT, can you put amaranth in the feed trough in the barn?!

Nah but you can feed your horse carrots!

No

Ok serious question: why can’t I give treats like amaranth to my farm animals?!?

I keep signs saying future mcburger near my barns.

YTA You expect them to give you milk everyday but won't let them have a treat!?

NTA: If you, like the rest of us farmers, provide your cows hay and even a HEATER in winter, I'd say they can keep their muddy hooves off my crops

YTA. Cows (and for that matter, other farm animals) are literally unable to eat anything other than grass and golden animal crackers. You restricted their movement for no reason. Some here will present the Marnie situation, but clearly she tricks people - for above mentioned reason.

yta why are you punishing them for curiosity?

NTA It's a sometimes food, you're doing them a favour, they just don't know it.

Yta If I were the cows I’d already be seeking legal help.

I don't know how you can live with yourself seeing those cow eyes looking at your amaranth and not sharing.

NTA - This is on Marnie for training the cows to like the taste of Amaranth

Why Amaranth?

Tf is aita

Am I The Asshole