2001 foot and mouth outbreak

[holywell farmer]

did it take many years for livestock industry to fully recover financially?

 

[Yale]

Yes!

 

[holywell farmer]

Yes!

I read interesting article years ago in the farmers weekly, saying months prior to the out break in late 2000 the farming industry was coming out of a slump and showing signs of recovery, so if 2001 outbreak had never happened, farmers wouldn't gone threw any difficulties maybe,

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Still recovering

 

[holywell farmer]

Still recovering

Even after a decade and more ?

 

[Hilly]

Yes, and it was ontop of the Bse disaster which we still paying for.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Even after a decade and more ?

No not really....it was a poor attempt at humour

 

[JP1]

Even after a decade and more ?

Some never got over it - mentally / financially / restocking / restoring lost genetics

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Even after a decade and more ?

It did cost us a lot of money at the time....but the stress was worse

 

[holywell farmer]

Some never got over it - mentally / financially / restocking / restoring lost genetics

Probably never really know the true cost it had on the farming industry

 

[JP1]

Probably never really know the true cost it had on the farming industry

I know men (real real men) who cried every day throughout the outbreak

 

[holywell farmer]

I know men (real real men) who cried every day throughout the outbreak

It affected lots of people vets, slaughter men in charge of killing the infected animals

 

[M-J-G]

It affected lots of people vets, slaughter men in charge of killing the infected animals

Or worse, killing uninfected animals!

 

[Dog Bowl]

I was at school at the time of the outbreak. Remember coming home from school to find mum and dad both in tears as family friends who farm 3 miles away down the hill had their herd culled. They were so worried it was heading our way. It was getting close.

I was 15 at the time. I’ll never forget the shear hell it seemed to create.

 

[holywell farmer]

Or worse, killing uninfected animals!

Some animals possibly slipped threw the net, they may had foot and mouth but not been spotted or diagnosed with the disease,

 

[holywell farmer]

I was at school at the time of the outbreak. Remember coming home from school to find mum and dad both in tears as family friends who farm 3 miles away down the hill had their herd culled. They were so worried it was heading our way. It was getting close.

I was 15 at the time. I’ll never forget the shear hell it seemed to create.

Awful,

 

[feilding]

I was one of the many who's cows actually had F+M. will never forget April 2nd 2001. My best decision was to give up and not restart, have not regretted it.

 

[Brisel]

I was in Australia at the time, working on a big cotton and arable farm. Quite a few of the northern English backpackers I worked with were being called home to look after outlying yards & units as they couldn't travel between them. A few weeks later the lads who had lost the herds in the cull started turning up as their families had bought them tickets to Oz as there was less to do on the farm. Some heart breaking stories.

The arable farms had a shocking harvest too.

The only good that came out of it was the Curry Commission and its recommendations. Sadly, those recommendations are still all too relevant today. The farmer controlled businesses it helped set up have mostly failed and the farm share of food prices is lower than ever.

 

[Chae1]

I was in Australia at the time, working on a big cotton and arable farm. Quite a few of the northern English backpackers I worked with were being called home to look after outlying yards & units as they couldn't travel between them. A few weeks later the lads who had lost the herds in the cull started turning up as their families had bought them tickets to Oz as there was less to do on the farm. Some heart breaking stories.

The arable farms had a shocking harvest too.

The only good that came out of it was the Curry Commission and its recommendations. Sadly, those recommendations are still all too relevant today. The farmer controlled businesses it helped set up have mostly failed and the farm share of food prices is lower than ever.

Must have been there same year as me. Remember a neighbouring farmer asking my boss if he'd checked my boots!

I just bought new work gear when I went over in November.

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

I know men (real real men) who cried every day throughout the outbreak

I never cried as much before or since then. depression was real and looking back much of it caused by so called experts, the financial side of it was secondary to the mental side , it all made me more bitter and twisted than l was before.