A rude awakening....

DucksNuts · 10-23-2007, 07:40 PM

Thanks.....I was just drained last nite.

Its tough, to grow crops for hay, you need water, we havent had decent rain for years. This season, we were lucky and got enough rain to produce a crop. No one can afford to irrigate at the moment, at $1000 a megalitre of water, so we are at the mercy of the rain god.

Farmers locally are walking off their land, actually, the government is encouraging them to walk off the land to stop the bleeding of drought relief funds.

Anyways......

Its insured, but only for $20K, plus the hay shed.....unknown what we will get for that.

You can insure anything on the farm, stock, crops, feed, hay etc....but it costs a small fortune.

The house is about 50 metres away, and I have been really lucky that the wind has been blowing northwards and not westerly towards the house.

The other thing I just found out was that cyanide is released from the corrugated iron as it is burning....greeeeat.

We were all safe, the CFA are fantastic (this is the 3rd time they have been out to my house....last time was a crow that flew into the power lines and combusted, then fell into the dead grass

)

Oh and cause.......a couple of bales that werent dried properly....like fresh grass clippings, they generate heat. Add that to the 37 degree day we had and some wind.....up she goes.

ZenGum · 10-25-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

We were all safe, the CFA are fantastic (this is the 3rd time they have been out to my house....last time was a crow that flew into the power lines and combusted, then fell into the dead grass

)

Bloody hell is all I can say to that. Farming in Australia. Sometimes I wonder why you do it. I know the answer, and it doesn't go well into words.

As said by a crow, on a lark:
Ark Arrkk Arrrrk .... SPARK! FARK! KARK! CHARKoal...!

10-23-2007, 07:40 PM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Thanks.....I was just drained last nite. Its tough, to grow crops for hay, you need water, we havent had decent rain for years. This season, we were lucky and got enough rain to produce a crop. No one can afford to irrigate at the moment, at $1000 a megalitre of water, so we are at the mercy of the rain god. Farmers locally are walking off their land, actually, the government is encouraging them to walk off the land to stop the bleeding of drought relief funds. Anyways...... Its insured, but only for $20K, plus the hay shed.....unknown what we will get for that. You can insure anything on the farm, stock, crops, feed, hay etc....but it costs a small fortune. The house is about 50 metres away, and I have been really lucky that the wind has been blowing northwards and not westerly towards the house. The other thing I just found out was that cyanide is released from the corrugated iron as it is burning....greeeeat. We were all safe, the CFA are fantastic (this is the 3rd time they have been out to my house....last time was a crow that flew into the power lines and combusted, then fell into the dead grass ) Oh and cause.......a couple of bales that werent dried properly....like fresh grass clippings, they generate heat. Add that to the 37 degree day we had and some wind.....up she goes.

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