Foot n mouth, 20 years ago today.

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

Did anyone ever work out the cost to farmers of the whole fiasco of foot and mouth?
Millions of lambs and cattle sold at way below Cost of production.
Vast mumbers of sheep dying from lack of feed and attendance
And not a penny of compensation from the govt that caused it
And piled on top of similiar bse fiasco

JP1 · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Maybe from your position, but I'd bet someone in the middle of London who has lost family members to c19 would strongly disagree

They’re not mutually exclusive though

Both tragedies in their own way

I don’t think many of us see the human cost with Covid unless you’re in a hospital

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

JP1 said:
They’re not mutually exclusive though

Both tragedies in their own way

I don’t think many of us see the human cost with Covid unless you’re in a hospital

Agree.

JPB · Feb 20, 2021

Really is hard to watch those 4 films, however I think it was really well done and a brilliant piece of film to document such an awful time. Anyone who doesnt understand foot and mouth or think farmers only keep animals for money should be made to watch it. Dad knows quite a few who were featured and the only positive for me is that my grandad is shown laughing and joking at skipton auction, a place he spent many an hour after he retired shortly before getting alzheimers.

J 1177 · Feb 20, 2021

bobk said:
I wouldn't watch those films , f and m was 10x worse than covid

I got about half way through the 2nd one and gave up. Brought a tear. Im sat having a cup of coffe in the kitchen trying to pull myself together. And we diddnt even get it.

J 1177 · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
Did anyone ever work out the cost to farmers of the whole fiasco of foot and mouth?
Millions of lambs and cattle sold at way below Cost of production.
Vast mumbers of sheep dying from lack of feed and attendance
And not a penny of compensation from the govt that caused it
And piled on top of similiar bse fiasco

Cost us about £30,000 my dad always reakoned.

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

J 1177 said:
Cost us about £30,000 my dad always reakoned.

I reckoned £100k
On top of £100k for bse
Must be a big figure over the uk

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
I reckoned £100k
On top of £100k for bse
Must be a big figure over the uk

It supposedly cost the UK £8billion. But that's the country/economy. I don't know what it cost the industry

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
It supposedly cost the UK £8billion. But that's the country/economy. I don't know what it cost the industry

But was that the compensation?

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

J 1177 said:
I got about half way through the 2nd one and gave up. Brought a tear. Im sat having a cup of coffe in the kitchen trying to pull myself together. And we diddnt even get it.

I couldnt even watch it

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
But was that the compensation?

Do you mean how much was paid out for animals culled?

Who knows! The figure will be on record somewhere but I doubt it is public... yet

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Do you mean how much was paid out for animals culled?

Who knows! The figure will be on record somewhere but I doubt it is public... yet

It wont be on record what farmers lost who werent culled

thorpe · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
I couldnt even watch it

i watched the lot , because id forgot how bad it was!

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
It wont be on record what farmers lost who werent culled

There is no figure for that specific aspect.

Economic Costs of the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001

Download Citation | Economic Costs of the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001 | The authors present estimates of the economic costs to agriculture and industries affected by tourism of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

www.researchgate.net

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Suggests £3.1billion lost from the food chain - but that encompasses all sectors not just farm.

thorpe · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
There is no figure for that specific aspect.

Economic Costs of the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001

Download Citation | Economic Costs of the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001 | The authors present estimates of the economic costs to agriculture and industries affected by tourism of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

www.researchgate.net

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Suggests £3.1billion lost from the food chain - but that encompasses all sectors not just farm.

im sure the 2nd part of the food chain made a few £!

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
It wont be on record what farmers lost who werent culled

You kept your stock.

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
You kept your stock.

And had to accept pee poor prices for a yr when markets were closed

Lazy Eric · Feb 20, 2021

I don’t think any amount of money would compensate for watching your healthy cows and sheep being shot in your yard and looking at the dead body’s for days before they collected them!
It’s the stuff of nightmares
And next time anyone is moaning about the six day movement rule... remind yourselves what happens when foot and mouth comes into your area..

Nithsdale · Feb 20, 2021

glasshouse said:
And had to accept pee poor prices for a yr when markets were closed

My heart bloody bleeds. You're still here, still farming.

Do you want to have gone through what us in D&G and Cumbria - and farther South - went through psychologically so that the likes of yourself never saw it first hand?! You never had to deal with seeing your livelihood being killed Infront of you.

glasshouse · Feb 20, 2021

Nithsdale Farmer said:
My heart bloody bleeds. You're still here, still farming.

Do you want to have gone through what us in D&G and Cumbria - and farther South - went through psychologically so that the likes of yourself never saw it first hand?! You never had to deal with seeing your livelihood being killed Infront of you.

Fair comment

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