Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[Yale]

As a species, last thing we need to mimic right now is a grenade!! that'll smart, when the drugs wear off....

In the grand scheme it seems as though government need the means to occupy the populous and control them.

Be it sport,home entertainment or even the supply of drugs,legal and illegal.

All these feed into the purpose of keeping trouble makers entertained or incapable.

Just a theory.....

 

[Kiwi Pete]

In the grand scheme it seems as though government need the means to occupy the populous and control them.

Be it sport,home entertainment or even the supply of drugs,legal and illegal.

All these feed into the purpose of keeping trouble makers entertained or incapable.

Just a theory.....

Don't be so Juvenal

 

[texas pete]

Couldn’t find the link, from this weeks Farmers Guardian.

It’ll never work

 

[Ukjay]

As far as I know, it's probably been in the same spot for 40 years or so? The old house used it, and this place is almost 30 years old now.
I did cheat a little with the tractor, removed the topsoil, laid out about 6 cubic metres of kelp and put the topsoil on top, then layered compost on top of that
Hopefully it should do us for my lifetime, all the weeds, and veg waste is either just laid directly on the soil or composted.
I do put eggshells and bones and that sort of household stuff in, as I never thought of this conversation happening however in the grand scheme of things, the atmosphere grows plants, and provided you aren't growing in a sterile medium, the soil biology. Hence hydroponics and conventional agriculture (with lesser biological function) need the inputs.

Nobody fertilises the rainforests, the prairies, the pampas, and yet they all support abundant and diverse life
The main thing that is crippling the human species is - a lack of diversity, the reaction to this is the division of society to such an extreme level as we see demonstrated ^^^^

I guess all the sheeple want, is to not feel like "another brick in the wall"

If they were starving, then they wouldn't be activists they would be hungry

Well, I do ask random things, and am grateful for your insights

 

[onesiedale]

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Couldn’t find the link, from this weeks Farmers Guardian.

It’ll never work

So a carcase yield of 44.5kg/acre gives a gross income of £264/acre. "It doesn't look easy"

 

[Yale]

Don't be so Juvenal

I quite enjoy being juvenal.....down with the yoof......

Sure the kids would disagree.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I quite enjoy being juvenal.....down with the yoof......

Sure the kids would disagree.

It's all panem et circenses though, isn't it!

 

[Crofter64]

Most of the ideology is based around extremes. The subject is more akin to religion, I often wonder if the rise in such extremism is inversely related to the decline in "traditional" religion, ie Christianity and its "values". People, or some people anyway, need a prop, an identity to feel secure and be part of.....

I wouldn’t necessarily call religion a ‘prop’, its more of a ‘foundation’. This new kind of extreme activist thinking , however, is more of a panic- you can’t call it values even as it seems to latch onto things and take them to extremes( Me too etc.,) To my mind values,such as a commitment to family, community ,building up, rather than tearing down, have a kind of plodding character. You don’t wave banners about or make wild sweeping statements, you just get on with it- every day of your life. A bit like many on this thread are doing. The problem is that during a period of hysteria even the calm ones get swept into the maelstrom.

 

[Yale]

It's all panem et circenses though, isn't it!

You and your bloody Latin.

I had to google Juvenal to get the correct meaning....

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

My latest assignment required me to draw a couple plants at certain growth stages.

I. Am. Not. An. Artist.

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Lovely handwriting though

 

[Yale]

It's all panem et circenses though, isn't it!

.....superficial appeasement........

 

[texas pete]

It's all panem et circenses though, isn't it!

Had to google that one.

 

[texas pete]

I wouldn’t necessarily call religion a ‘prop’, its more of a ‘foundation’. This new kind of extreme activist thinking , however, is more of a panic- you can’t call it values even as it seems to latch onto things and take them to extremes( Me too etc.,) To my mind values,such as a commitment to family, community ,building up, rather than tearing down, have a kind of plodding character. You don’t wave banners about or make wild sweeping statements, you just get on with it- every day of your life. A bit like many on this thread are doing. The problem is that during a period of hysteria even the calm ones get swept into the maelstrom.

No, I agree, many peoples whole lives are based around their faith.

The prop was more aimed at what some may have perhaps subconsciously replaced the religion with.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

This has just cleared its embargo, due to be published in the morning - It suggests a significant reduction in red meat consumption. It doesn't seem very well thought out.
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That "Report" gets quite a good mauling here:

https://sustainabledish.com/20-ways-eat-lancets-global-diet-is-wrongfully-vilifying-meat/

I see the BBC are publicising it (Matt McGrath again). I must send him this link and see whether he is going to mention these issues with the report on the BBC news site in the name of balance.

EDIT: Email to Matt McGrath now done

 

[onthehoof]

Random tangent!

The Adelaide Hills were showing off tonight...
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Sunrise this morning

 

[Yale]

Kid finds his sloth position while I reset mole traps.

 

[Blaithin]

Was chilly when I left for work this morning.

But it’s warmed up nicely at work!

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Lovely handwriting though

If we all wrote the same , there would be no difference, maybe you should thank us who can't write or draw for shite, hence being able to notice the difference?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I saw it and thought of you straight away the white butter does look a little odd next to the yellow one but it's only what I'm used to. I'm sure the American one tastes fine though. Would the colour be different because of what the cows have eaten?

The colour is from the beta carotine from the pasture the cows have eaten in the paddock, Incidently colour 160a as used for colouring for table speads is also beta carotine but derived from vinegar.
Even though parts of North America are on the same latitude as the UK and Ireland, climate , cow breed and method of farming will dictate the colour , texture, taste and performance when baking when used.

 

[CornishTone]

Drinking rum with an actual pirate...

Tonight’s gonna get messy!