As most of you would know a fair swathe of NSW and QLD are in the grips of one horrendous dry spell.... times are tough really tough...
One has the misfortune to read this
https://au.news.yaho...-042127646.html
I've been stewing over this piece of shite from PETA for a couple of days but whomever in PETA is responsible for that statement is off with the farking fairies well and truly. If a farmer is requesting support to purchase ammo to put down stock it means that he has run out of feed, he has run out of water and has run out of money and he is effectively making the next few years non-earning. It is a last resort to put down your breeding stock and as to how a farmer can do it is another question altogether...
With the current lack of rainfall it wouldn't matter how good a farmer you are you are farked unless you have a bore or a spring that is providing enough water to keep your stock. This is what my local area has received rain wise this year
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Doesn't make for good reading. Town has been on level 6 water restrictions for most of this year, town dam is at just over 20%, luckily we have received funding from NSW government for drilling of bore to support water for town. One of these new bores is in action and is providing enough water to service town on level 6 water restrictions..... my front and give up are national disaster areas.... trees dying and what could be loosely termed grass disappearing rapidly.
The other night I had the occasion to talk on the phone with one of the local farmers, club president, initially about a radio interview he had done about the club and then a general yarn about how he was doing .....
Asked how he was going
Well after a couple of beers, a strong scotch and a wine with dinner okay now he said
How are you coping with feed I asked
Okay, he said. A few years ago when we had a really good growing season we had crops in and we made as much hay as we could. We have bought in 2 B-Doubles of cotton seed and have another on the way as well as some another 2 truck loads of hay. I've been lopping kurrajong trees so between all of that feed is okay. Water new bore has saved the day along with a couple of springs that are still running....
How are you doing yourself
Well it would be nice to be able to come and play golf but all I m doing at present is checking water and feeding stock and then checking on stock that are in the long paddock.... ie on the road.... and that is more than a full day
This farmer is well prepared for a drought both feed wise and financially..... sadly others might not have the financial backing or the luck of having enough rain to grow feed etc etc
I asked him what the paddocks looked like as I haven't had the opportunity to get out to where he is based.
He said well usually when it gets dry the black soil cracks, this time it is just falling apart, something I haven't seen before....
Keep ya chin up mate I said and hopefully I will see you at golf one day
He is one of the many missing from the golf fields of late, one of many missing from the golf club as a whole as they are all totally focused on feeding and watering their stock by whatever means available....
My golf course is suffering ..... Pom played there in April and it was dry .... now it is ...... words fail..... I will try and take a video tomorrow of some of it. We have still got access to water but it is doing fark all of nothing in making anything grow. We have mowed the fairways twice this year, on both occasions with the rough mower. Current mowers are these....
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though on some areas even they battle....
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So yes times are tough, really tough and if you have friends on the land talk with them and see how they are doing..... a lot are really struggling both financially and mentally
leave you with this
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