Weather Thread

[jpc]

Wasn't some one telling us May was a record breaking high temperature month?
God we were done again.!

 

[Professor]

When was the last time you actually had a conversation with a farmer about farming matters?

Yesterday and also a few days ago in relation to bee keeping/honey production and lamb availability.

Anyway here's a bit more info in regard to the weather's impact on farmers . . .


"Droughts, fires, and floods can have devastating consequences for farmers’ mental health.

The suicide rate for Australian farmers is also almost 59 percent higher than the general population, and research has confirmed a link between farmer suicides and extreme weather.

Having said that the number of farmers seeking help for mental health reasons doubled in 2023.

With climate change predicted to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, Australia needs to prepare — or risk losing more farmer lives to suicide.

Extreme weather events that adversely impacted farming operations were reported by an overwhelming majority of survey respondents (88 percent). Farmers also reported considerable financial strains when an extreme weather event occurs, with an average cost of $AU1.4 million per farm.

A lack of control over the weather, and a resulting sense of powerlessness, has previously been identified as a contributor to suicide deaths among farmers.

But as extreme weather events become more common and more severe in Australia, these disasters have cumulative impacts on the mental health of farmers, who are not only dependent on the land, but also identify profound emotional and psychological connections to their land. Etc etc etc . . .

Farmer suicides may rise with climate change. Are we ready?

With climate change increasing severity of extreme weather we need to prepare for a mental health crisis or risk losing more farmer lives to suicide.

cosmosmagazine.com

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

The number of farmers seeking help for mental health reasons doubled in 2023.

Sir, do you know if Val has registered with his local mental health practioner?

 

[Professor]

Well well well, it's been a cracker of a day!! 23-24C and much hotter in direct sunlight which was shining all day!!
The best day of Summer (today) is actually in Autumn

Very clear blue sky all day with just an itty bitty liddle spwaay.

We should have had a month or two of this weather which is normal naturally for the earlier time of year.

Anyway, it's been a day to remember and hopefully we'll see it again next year if we're lucky

 

[Wolf]

Well well well, it's been a cracker of a day!! 23-24C and much hotter in direct sunlight which was shining all day!!
The best day of Summer (today) is actually in Autumn

Very clear blue sky all day with just an itty bitty liddle spwaay.

We should have had a month or two of this weather which is normal naturally for the earlier time of year.

Anyway, it's been a day to remember and hopefully we'll see it again next year if we're lucky

We used to call good weather like this in September/October time and 'Indian Summer'.
I guess now it's called 'Climate Change' or 'Global Warming' or some other buzzword used to fool the masses.

 

[Mad as Fish]

We used to call good weather like this in September/October time and 'Indian Summer'.
I guess now it's called 'Climate Change' or 'Global Warming' or some other buzzword used to fool the masses.

Got myself a digger in for the weekend and had a mighty time on the Tonka Toy for big boys, even managed to clear the project's garden while I was at it!

 

[Mad as Fish]

Yesterday and also a few days ago in relation to bee keeping/honey production and lamb availability.

Anyway here's a bit more info in regard to the weather's impact on farmers . . .


"Droughts, fires, and floods can have devastating consequences for farmers’ mental health.

The suicide rate for Australian farmers is also almost 59 percent higher than the general population, and research has confirmed a link between farmer suicides and extreme weather.

Having said that the number of farmers seeking help for mental health reasons doubled in 2023.

With climate change predicted to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, Australia needs to prepare — or risk losing more farmer lives to suicide.

Extreme weather events that adversely impacted farming operations were reported by an overwhelming majority of survey respondents (88 percent). Farmers also reported considerable financial strains when an extreme weather event occurs, with an average cost of $AU1.4 million per farm.

A lack of control over the weather, and a resulting sense of powerlessness, has previously been identified as a contributor to suicide deaths among farmers.

But as extreme weather events become more common and more severe in Australia, these disasters have cumulative impacts on the mental health of farmers, who are not only dependent on the land, but also identify profound emotional and psychological connections to their land. Etc etc etc . . .

Farmer suicides may rise with climate change. Are we ready?

With climate change increasing severity of extreme weather we need to prepare for a mental health crisis or risk losing more farmer lives to suicide.

cosmosmagazine.com

There has been a big fuss made of mental health issues of late so there is little surprise that more are admitting to it now that the shame associated with it is dropping away. It was probably a much larger problem in the past when the elder son was left to run the farm as the parents grew old and once they died off he was left alone with no spouse/family of his own. Often they degenerated to living in a hovel with the dogs and cats as the roof fell in and their only escape was drink. It's been seen many a time, but it was never spoken off, another of Ireland's dirty little secrets.

This stuff about extreme weather events. There have always extreme weather events but people just got on with life, but now there is a handle to be put on them and farmers can make themselves feel important, and hopefully get more subsidies, by talking about them as if the end of the world was nigh. I'd say it's more psychological than actual. Communication is also far easier nowadays so we get to hear about things that we probably would not of done before, giving the impression that all is going downhill.

 

[Mad as Fish]

There has been a big fuss made of mental health issues of late so there is little surprise that more are admitting to it now that the shame associated with it is dropping away. It was probably a much larger problem in the past when the elder son was left to run the farm as the parents grew old and once they died off he was left alone with no spouse/family of his own. Often they degenerated to living in a hovel with the dogs and cats as the roof fell in and their only escape was drink. It's been seen many a time, but it was never spoken off, another of Ireland's dirty little secrets.

This stuff about extreme weather events. There has always extreme weather events but people just got on with life, but now there is a handle to be put them and farmers can make themselves feel important, and hopefully get more subsidies, by talking about them as if the end of the world was nigh. I'd say it's more psychological than actual. Communication is also far easier nowadays so we get to hear about things that we probably would not of done before giving the impression that all was going downhill.

Oh, and the paperwork associated with farming is now becoming a huge burden. There are plenty of farmers out there who simply want a fair price for what they produce and feck the subsidies, they are just hassle.