Seven categories are refused, each with a reason. The two most expensive refusals are equipment reviews and affiliate links, and both are kept deliberately.
Refuse: what this manual will not write
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The list, with a reason per line
| Not written | Reason |
|---|---|
| Equipment reviews and picks | A review needs comparative testing this manual does not run; without it the page is an opinion with a link in it |
| Affiliate or sponsored content | The manual has no revenue relationship with any maker; introducing one would change which pages exist |
| Seed, variety and herbicide advice | Regional and changing faster than a manual can be corrected, and the failure mode is a lost season |
| Livestock nutrition and rationing | A different evidence base with a different unit system; the manual would be guessing |
| Weather forecasting | The manual reads a published forecast and compares it with a threshold; it does not make one |
| Property law, easements and neighbour disputes about snow | No responsible party here can answer them |
| Photographs and site visits | The manual has no camera and no field staff, and stock imagery would be a claim it cannot support |
| Anything without an extra inch | A page that repeats what the first page of search results already says has no reason to exist |
The two refusals that cost the most
Refusing equipment reviews removes the highest-traffic content in this subject area, and refusing affiliate links removes the obvious way to pay for the site. Both are kept, because the alternative is a manual whose pages exist to move a purchase rather than to answer a measurement question, and readers can tell — which is exactly why the measurement pages would stop being believed.
What happens when a topic is borderline
If a topic needs a measurement the manual cannot make, it is refused. If it needs a measurement the manual can make but has not made yet, it is deferred rather than guessed. If it needs a measurement the manual has made in one field in one season, it is published as a note with the conditions stated and marked as a figure that can rot.
A refusal list is also a scope guard. Without one, a manual drifts toward whatever gets traffic, and the drift is invisible until the site is a different site.
Where the numbers come from
- S1Big Bale Storage Losses: How Different Options Stack Up, University of Wisconsin-Madison Crops and Soilssupports the storage-loss claim the manual will only make with a figure attached
- S2Hay Storage (Forage Facts 34), Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Stationsupports the density relationship the manual refuses to state without a source
- S3BMP: Deicing Material Application and Storage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agencysupports the storage guidance the manual follows instead of offering advice of its own
One link, one document. No home pages, no search results, no bare domains.
Put this page down Put this page down if your question is on the list. The manual will not answer it, and saying so is the useful part.