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Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
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<blockquote data-quote="Farmer Roy" data-source="post: 5694316" data-attributes="member: 71668"><p>In many ways, our droughts ARE due to mismanagement & poor practices. People can work very hard at doing the wrong thing . . . I have commented here before about how some droughts are man made & have criticised those farmers who have a welfare or hand out mentality looking for drought aid. Personally, events ( mental illness, divorce etc ) & financial decisions I made 15 - 20 years are having an impact on how this current dry spell is affecting my business. Management decisions I made a year or 2 ago, resulting in some fields with no groundcover, have really come back to bite me this year. So, while we can do nothing about no rain & higher temps, how we deal or survive these events IS up to the decisions we make & our management. Now, 1, 2, 5, 10 or more years ago.</p><p>We are always in 1 of 3 stages of drought.</p><p>Preparing for drought</p><p>Experiencing drought</p><p>Recovering from drought</p><p>So yes, in many ways I agree, some of the pain being felt during this current period is made worse by poor management or financial decisions both now & historically. Can't blame the government or the townies or the environmentalists, the responsibility is ours.</p><p>We can blame humans & society in general, for us all being so removed from the natural world ( agriculture included ) & for climate change, but that's a whole different discussion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmer Roy, post: 5694316, member: 71668"] In many ways, our droughts ARE due to mismanagement & poor practices. People can work very hard at doing the wrong thing . . . I have commented here before about how some droughts are man made & have criticised those farmers who have a welfare or hand out mentality looking for drought aid. Personally, events ( mental illness, divorce etc ) & financial decisions I made 15 - 20 years are having an impact on how this current dry spell is affecting my business. Management decisions I made a year or 2 ago, resulting in some fields with no groundcover, have really come back to bite me this year. So, while we can do nothing about no rain & higher temps, how we deal or survive these events IS up to the decisions we make & our management. Now, 1, 2, 5, 10 or more years ago. We are always in 1 of 3 stages of drought. Preparing for drought Experiencing drought Recovering from drought So yes, in many ways I agree, some of the pain being felt during this current period is made worse by poor management or financial decisions both now & historically. Can't blame the government or the townies or the environmentalists, the responsibility is ours. We can blame humans & society in general, for us all being so removed from the natural world ( agriculture included ) & for climate change, but that's a whole different discussion [/QUOTE]
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