Do the public all think this?

[Barleymow]

Was chatting to someone in the village about the weather, said possible looking at loosing money due to losses if milling premium losses. He said well you'll get money off the government for that

 

[thorpe]

Was chatting to someone in the village about the weather, said possible looking at loosing money due to losses if milling premium losses. He said well you'll get money off the government for that

you really ought to get a dryer

 

[Devil's advocate]

Was chatting to someone in the village about the weather, said possible looking at loosing money due to losses if milling premium losses. He said well you'll get money off the government for that

sadly, yes most of them think that.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

.....sadly the same conversation came up Thurs night in the watering hole . I mentioned the difficulties concerning the weatherand the concensus was " don't you farmers ever get fed up with complaining , ite either the weather the prices or the Gvt"

"Your so wrong "I said " it's not either the weather ,the prices or the Gvt ...its all three at the same time "

..but I am conscious we are forever complaining .....and I try not too ,
We have healthy livestock plenty of grass and the prospect of good weather after Tuesday this week .....now then ...if only fuel wasn't so dear

 

[nick...]

All the boys I work with on building sites reckon we are getting paid for nothing and getting huge set aside cheques too.most think the same
nick...

 

[Northern territory]

All the boys I work with on building sites reckon we are getting paid for nothing and getting huge set aside cheques too.most think the same
nick...

Builders must be better off than they have ever been, hardly any paperwork, hard work but rewarding

 

[Wombat]

Was chatting to someone in the village about the weather, said possible looking at loosing money due to losses if milling premium losses. He said well you'll get money off the government for that

Hope you put them straight on that

 

[uztrac]

The "leaders" of our industry are not reaching out and getting the news out to the populace.The only people actually getting the message out to a wide audience are Jeremy Clarkson & Kaleb Cooper they talk profit ? and loss. My friends often mention them in discussion on matters farming but NEVER mention the Nfu or CLA.Perhaps we only have ourselves to blame ??

 

[Kidds]

Builders must be better off than they have ever been, hardly any paperwork, hard work but rewarding

Hard work?
They only work from 8:30 until 3 and half of that is sat in the van drinking tea and talking shite.

 

[PostHarvest]

I do some work with insurance companies in claims investigations and so speak to both farmers and the public. I am regularly quite shocked at the negative and often hostile view that people have of farmers. Many seem to think that farmers are just *** nuisances clogging up the roads with their equipment and are paid vast amounts to provide free parks where they can take their dogs.

 

[Still Farming]

The benefits claiming get car, house, money, assistance with this, assistance with that, can't work though and just back from big holidays to boot too??
F ing crazy.

 

[Devil's advocate]

The benefits claiming get car, house, money, assistance with this, assistance with that, can't work though and just back from big holidays to boot too??
F ing crazy.

Who Clive?

 

[marshbarn]

The general public have absolutly no idea , when talking about the rain one said why dont you harvest on a dry day , as if harvest was a one day a year event
Another idiot said to me well you have a grain dryer dont you ? AS if flicking a switch on for a couple of hours would do the trick . when i explaned that the dryer would need to be on for a couple of months burning diesel and electricity costing thousands, hefinaly twigged the problem.

Again the public no nothing of farming because programs like country file have no farming in them

 

[farmerm]

I do some work with insurance companies in claims investigations and so speak to both farmers and the public. I am regularly quite shocked at the negative and often hostile view that people have of farmers. Many seem to think that farmers are just *** nuisances clogging up the roads with their equipment and are paid vast amounts to provide free parks where they can take their dogs.

There has been a culture of farmer bashing for some time... the daily message from all media outlets seems to be farmers are bad people doing bad things, destroying the environment, producing methane, bad bad bad.

 

[bobk]

Tell em fuk all except get the f'' off my land

 

[dave78+]

.....sadly the same conversation came up Thurs night in the watering hole . I mentioned the difficulties concerning the weatherand the concensus was " don't you farmers ever get fed up with complaining , ite either the weather the prices or the Gvt"

"Your so wrong "I said " it's not either the weather ,the prices or the Gvt ...its all three at the same time "

..but I am conscious we are forever complaining .....and I try not too ,
We have healthy livestock plenty of grass and the prospect of good weather after Tuesday this week .....now then ...if only fuel wasn't so dear

Don't ask, don't get.

 

[Spencer]

At a toddler party last weekend as was raining, chatting with non Agri engineer dad., got into the weather and how we should be harvesting. He asked how many harvests a year we did... The distance from farm to society is noW vast!

 

[Sid]

The distance from farm to society is noW vast!

And we only have ourselves to blame!

Plenty on SM trying to change that

 

[bobk]

And we only have ourselves to blame!

Plenty on SM trying to change that

?

 

[Spencer]

And we only have ourselves to blame!

Not necessarily. Society as moved from the country to the city