Rojo
There has been years ago. All diseases are caused through intensive farming. That includes bird flu. It only stands to reason if you Jam people in together in tight areas diseases and viruse spead.

Same with Animals. Except probably Anthrax which comes from the soil spornes.
Australia has a natural belt of Anthrax and we have lost a few meat workers. Of course its hardly been mentioned.

When I get around to it I will post some info on Animal Diseases etc.
They are many many in particular with the intensive piggerys.

Thats why they stuff them with Anti Biotics all the time.

However I think you already are aware of that.

I would really like to concentrate on this thread as to what we can do to help farmers if you dont mind.
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An extraordinary poem.

Brought more than a tear to the eye. Just been sitting here mulling over it for ages, trying to find some appropriate words. But no words fit the emotions.

Outstanding! Words that stir the spirit like those of A.B.Paterson. I'm a city dweller, and we have water restrictions which means we can't wash our cars. Our fellow Aussies in the bush have water restrictions which mean they can't feed their livestock or pay their mortgages and some are putting guns to their heads.

Thankyou for sharing this poem, it gives us an insight into what's its like for those living off the land.

I would like to see a copy of this poem put into every mailbox in the land - both real and email. How can we do that? Who can we talk to? I'm going to send a copy to my local federal MP.

Shadrach
Yup its true blue. That is a wonderful gesture.

I would like to help you achieve that goal.

You may contact me at this email address and we can come up with ideas. Hopefully others might offer to get involved as well.

info@livexports.com

PALE

It's all very well to support organic farming, and say you don't like the process of Intensive Animal Industries

I speak with saleyard operators frequently - you know what is keeping the industry going? Feedlots.

It's cuddly to say, yay organics, but how exactly is the drought afflicted farmer your poem describes supposed to do that on his absolutely parched land?

Switching them all across to organic farming sounds nice, but the resources required are immense.

You're holding on to impractical ideals which doom the farmer you describe to more misery.

Turnrightleft

This thread is about raising awareness for farmers on the land.

Real farmers. Plenty of them out there.

What I said was Farmers. Didnt you know that there are crop farmers as well. What about the beef farmers dairy all the other farms.

The attempt by yourself to take away from these blokes on the land and their families is shameful.

The poem was put up to raise awareness of how hard it is in the country.

How hard it is for all the Aussies running hundred and thousands of acres.
The poor bloke growing lucerne and other crops.

The farmer who sent this to us is a lucerne farmer.

He reckons that he is pretty worried that "his neighboiur" down the road "who as he put it" might be doing it a bit tough.

He thought we might be able to send him a bit of feed and water for some of his stock.

All that concern while he sits on his own verandah and eats dust himself.
This is Australia and those are our true Aussie heros!
The ones you know knowing about. the ones inlike you who never complain. The ones that always worry about their mates first.

Normally this would be a busy time of the year for him mind you.
He was telling me he broke down a bit because the phones ringing its head off with people looking for lucerne.

He said he had never been so bloody busy answering phones for orders, he laughed. A big deep sad laugh that brought tears to my ears and pride too!

He cracked a joke saying he reckons they are all working harder this year than another year because all the city people were calling not wanting to pay the higher prices in the produce stores.

He said in that wonderful dry humour that only a bush bloke has.

He actually touched on something about Amanda doing it tough in parliment but I wont share it with you right now because I reckon he would figure that was not right somehow.