Stoic bunch farmers

[Hilly]

2012 was ‘the year from hell’ in this area, it just peed it down from April to the following May, with a merciful break in August for harvest.

When the combine broke in October, and when it was too pee wet through to do anything, Mrs PSQ dragged me away for a few days to London, and it saved my sanity. 4 days away from the farm and its problems and I felt completely refreshed. Finished harvest on bonfire night (first and last year of spring beans) and mauled some late wheat in that would have been saved by a half decent spring, which turned out to be atrocious.

Point being, if it’s getting you down and there’s nothing doing in the forecast, pull the pin and get away. Go somewhere nice for a break, build yourself up for a few days, and recharge the batteries. Staying put just to stare at the wet ground and the long term forecast for another week won’t change a thing.

I agree , just dont tell me when im on the cusp of calving and lambing some folk dont get the fact stock needs attention everyday.

 

[Flossie]

Isn’t this also where black humour comes into its own? We all know the phrase that if you didn’t laugh you’d cry. The problem in many areas of society now is that this would be seen as grossly politically incorrect.

Definitely. There's many a time I say to the vet, or whoever I'm milking with that you've to have a sick sense of humour in this job, and I'd assume the same with doctors and nurses, funeral directors, etc
Some of the things you see, and do in a day, you just have to make light of, otherwise it would drive you mad.
And talk to people. Get to the auction, and you soon realise that everyone else is just struggling through too.

All you can do is do your best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but tomorrow is another day, and things can look completely different then.

 

[GEMS]

Definitely. There's many a time I say to the vet, or whoever I'm milking with that you've to have a sick sense of humour in this job, and I'd assume the same with doctors and nurses, funeral directors, etc
Some of the things you see, and do in a day, you just have to make light of, otherwise it would drive you mad.
And talk to people. Get to the auction, and you soon realise that everyone else is just struggling through too.

All you can do is do your best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but tomorrow is another day, and things can look completely different then.

 

[GEMS]

Clocks go forward 1am March 31st ........... lets celebrate a whole hour of no rain............

 

[ollie989898]

Definitely. There's many a time I say to the vet, or whoever I'm milking with that you've to have a sick sense of humour in this job, and I'd assume the same with doctors and nurses, funeral directors, etc
Some of the things you see, and do in a day, you just have to make light of, otherwise it would drive you mad.
And talk to people. Get to the auction, and you soon realise that everyone else is just struggling through too.

All you can do is do your best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but tomorrow is another day, and things can look completely different then.

Healthcare works because of the team. You can have a fantastic team and they'll bounce though most things no sweat. You can also have teams which are ineffectual, which bundle into cliques and which are malignant in all respects. If you put people through physically, mentally or psychologically demanding situations it's like pressing really ductile metals together in a vice. Eventually they'll merge and become a very close knit team where the edges of the individuals become blurred. This is what sustains them- peer bonding through shared experience.

My father always said you could tell a lot about the health of a business by the rate of staff turnover, staff retention and the nature of the teams in it. I've seen some very valuable staff members leave the confines of their otherwise safe teams before because they are seeking career advancement or a different shift/work pattern or whatever- each reason as unique as the individual. You can't learn anything from their reason for leaving. What is most telling is when people try out their new role and then choose to come back to their old position- this shows that you've got something right.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Venting on here and at various friends is my antidepressant.
We had an RPA inspection of cattle ear tags last week and I think she was glad to get away!
I'm about at the stage of ignoring the woke agenda driven rules.
I said to mum that I haven't been arrested, yet. I wouldn't object to changing that for the right reasons.
So angry.

Quite honestly tell the woke to "fúck off", just remember that as they use their collective threat against us that we have your back and you aren't just on your "own".
Don't get angry, get even.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Clocks go forward 1am March 31st ........... lets celebrate a whole hour of no rain............

Yeah nah, clocks go back to "normal" on April 7!!!

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Want to swop?

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I gave up using the BBC ages ago. It just takes the most pessimistic view (as is usual with the BBC these days unless covering its pet issues…). One drop of rain often means a light shower for 10 mins in an otherwise lovely day.

Anyway -I’ve just been and had a look at my BBC forecast and I’d like to swap please. Mine has similar amounts of rain but temperatures only up to 11C…