Hope Everyone Is Ok?

steveR

Member
Mixed Farmer
And T cell immunity for much longer than that, which I think means your body retains a memory of the infection and can ramp up its immune response much more quickly in future.
Yes. Wasn't there some trial program where they were administering the vaccine nasally and got a much better immunity, as the CV19 infects the vast majority of people via the nose! The "memory" effect you refer to...
 

Flintstone

Member
Location
Berkshire
I’m also getting fed up with the cash-sapping clingers on. It seems like for every actual producer who’s doing the work, there’s five Schoffel-wearing w@nk3rs in their Volvo XC90’s taking a cut somewhere.
I wish I farmed in my grandfather’s era.

Hey @teslacoils - if you want someone to sit on your drill for a day or two, I’ll happily do it F.O.C if that helps. Get well soon.
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
I’m also getting fed up with the cash-sapping clingers on. It seems like for every actual producer who’s doing the work, there’s five Schoffel-wearing w@nk3rs in their Volvo XC90’s taking a cut somewhere.
I wish I farmed in my grandfather’s era.

Hey @teslacoils - if you want someone to sit on your drill for a day or two, I’ll happily do it F.O.C if that helps. Get well soon.

Ty. My daddy and brother have it in hand I think.
 

Kidds

Member
Horticulture
I am fit (fat!), well and healthy. Rearing to go and happily work from dawn until dusk, then after it goes dark I go and do more work in the shed. I came indoors 20 minutes ago and gladly do that every day.
Unfortunately Mum isn't too good and I am frustrated as buggery that I have to spend daylight hours sitting with her while my apples fall off the trees. Don't get me wrong I don't begrudge sitting with Mum and if it made her any better I would do without my entire crop willingly but I have spent nearly 12 months getting them as good as I can (and done a pretty good job if I may say so) and can't get time to pick them.
On the plus side I am now very confident that another year I can manage to do the lot if I just get chance, always wondered how I would manage it on my own but now know I can.

I can't complain really, life is great if you can just get enough of it.
 

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
I went to the AHDB conference yesterday, and as I sat there, I was thinking how much Levy money was spent on Hotels/Meals and the conference itself. As I looked around the room of 80 or so people, you can spot a farmer a mile off, and I would be surprised if there were more than a dozen actual levy payers in the room. This was beginning to make me feel rather resentful, listening to speakers talking high prices and good profits, and would offset any fertiliser increases. Then I watched as an awkward question regarding Equivalence to Imports and Red Tractor appeared on the Questions and Answers screen, it was briefly answered and washed aside, with the question removed from the screen, even though other questions remained. The industry needs to wake up and realise not everyone has sold well, got a shed full of glyphosate and bought all their N.
Can you remember how the Red Tractor Equivalence to imports question was worded, and how they replied?

Seems a bit wrong to remove that question from the screen (but not other questions).
 


You don't get immunity.

You get an increased reaction from your immune system that MAY reduce the virus enough that you don't know you have it. BUT if you had a serious illness, such as the Flu or Cancer then that MIGHT affect your immune system enough to also become seriously ill.

Regardless, if you were in the presence of enough viral load - such as tending a lot of Covid sick people within an enclosed space then you will get sick anyway as your immune system gets overloaded by virus.

Your immune system stays heightened in response time for a period of time which tails off - I don't the details on this but its similar with Tetnus, Flu etc.

But like a cold, if you've had one cold it does not mean you won't catch another one. Unfortunately we'll keep getting this virus for the rest of our lives I think.
 

Worsall

Member
Arable Farmer
Its a must listen, such a fudge.
Questions start at 1.17.36, on the big screen.
Question removed at 1.20.46

This is the representative that gave a response, who didn't "anticipate" having to answer.
[email protected]
ahdb.questions.png
 

Robt

Member
Location
Suffolk
Ty. I'm completely fooked. I'm a decently fit, 41 year old. Double jabbed etc. My children brought it home from school and had a "bit of a cough". I've been ropey since last Tuesday, and bedridden since Friday. With luck I'll be up drilling by the weekend. No fun having seed, roundup and fert if you can't plant the stuff.

I can say I've not been this ill since I had flu as a child. Can't eat. Can't regulate my own temperature at all. And this cough. It's like whooping cough. It will start and go on for an hour. So draining.
if i was closer, i'd happily come and drive your drill for a few days!. Have you got any good neighbors that can help out?
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
if i was closer, i'd happily come and drive your drill for a few days!. Have you got any good neighbors that can help out?

I have a daddy and a brother. They are on with it now. I think there is 330ac left to go at. I'm just, just about able to drive the loader and fetch bags. Or should be once the codine kicks in.
 

Treacle Sponge

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
Its a must listen, such a fudge.
Questions start at 1.17.36, on the big screen.
Question removed at 1.20.46

This is the representative that gave a response, who didn't "anticipate" having to answer.
[email protected] View attachment 991396
Disgraceful. This reinforces the fact that farmers are only stoking the gravy train engine - not actually riding on it. Don't ask a question unless you're sitting in first class with a linen napkin around your fat, pink chops.
 
Its a must listen, such a fudge.
Questions start at 1.17.36, on the big screen.
Question removed at 1.20.46

This is the representative that gave a response, who didn't "anticipate" having to answer.
[email protected] View attachment 991396

Thanks very much for the video.

The speaker on the Microphone was appalling. He kept making excuses for importers that use "Equivalence" when Red Tractor dictates our use of chemicals within the industry and docks our prices if we fail to meet RT Audits - which include Chemicals being legal and DEFRA code in date. Obviously no importer meets UK chemical requirements at ANY time as their application rates and chemical use applies to the country of origin. The country doubtfully audits it's farms.

ADHB needs to change their emphasis 1,000,000%

It is NOT acceptable for a levy body to take UK farmers money, enable sub standard imports and enable damaging levy payers. Sort your act out now ADHB, no way I'm paying for this.
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Not reads copy of white dwarf in years! Hours spent in Gamesworkshop as a yooof! Hope you get better soon?

Yes. Getting there. Temperature down but stuck with this ludicrous cough which I really starting to make my neck ache.

Yes, had to miss a Warhammer tornament last weekend with the old Corona. Playing in a two day even next weekend in Nottingham as I attempt to get to the top 20!
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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