Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Wet season up in Northern Australia
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Australian Cattleman" data-source="post: 334651" data-attributes="member: 285"><p>Yes the drought has and is atrocious. There are areas that livestock have had to be destroyed. There has been suicides when the landholders have taken cattle to market and then not being able to sell them and then not being able to pay for the transport home or to meatworks. Our big hearted government (tongue in cheek I might add) have decided to pay for anyone in those circumstances to cover the cost of the livestock transport. What they should be doing is to pay landholders that do have plenty of grass,agistment for any affected landholder that doesn't have grass, and then return the cattle (or whatever) when things get better,so that the farmer/landholder has something to start with when the drought breaks.</p><p>Water is one of Australia's greatest problems because we are the driest place in the world. Some of our coastal rivers need to be diverted to our dry inland which would boost this country enormously. Generally Australian's are a very helpful to each other people,but there are still greedy people out there that don't want to share their abundant water.</p><p>Colin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Australian Cattleman, post: 334651, member: 285"] Yes the drought has and is atrocious. There are areas that livestock have had to be destroyed. There has been suicides when the landholders have taken cattle to market and then not being able to sell them and then not being able to pay for the transport home or to meatworks. Our big hearted government (tongue in cheek I might add) have decided to pay for anyone in those circumstances to cover the cost of the livestock transport. What they should be doing is to pay landholders that do have plenty of grass,agistment for any affected landholder that doesn't have grass, and then return the cattle (or whatever) when things get better,so that the farmer/landholder has something to start with when the drought breaks. Water is one of Australia's greatest problems because we are the driest place in the world. Some of our coastal rivers need to be diverted to our dry inland which would boost this country enormously. Generally Australian's are a very helpful to each other people,but there are still greedy people out there that don't want to share their abundant water. Colin [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Wet season up in Northern Australia
Top