Buy A Bale Of Hay For Christmas

[icyfroth]

AUSTRALIANS are being asked to buy a bale of hay as part of a fundraising campaign launched this week, which aims to keep struggling farmers on the land.

Stemmed from northern cattle producers tough season with no live trade export, drought and bushfires which burnt feed stocks, the Aussie Helpers' Buy a Bale Campaign has received calls of assistance from Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and Queensland.

Just days in the making, the campaign has received almost $10,000 in donations as well as $100,000 from the Bartercard Charity Foundation.

Aussie Helpers head Brian Egan said the calls for assistance reflect a tough time for Australian agriculture.

"The donations will save someone and our only agenda is to keep people on the land," Brian said.

"Many of these farmers won't just fail financially, but may become victims of depression through no fault of their own making,"

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If your're really serious about helping your fellow Australian stay in a job, remember: charity begins at home.

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Icy

If you saw what tongue looked like after cuttin it out, you wouldnt eat it.
Cheek is pretty yuk as well but aboriginals love it.

[icyfroth]

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@aps1080 wrote:
Icy

If you saw what tongue looked like after cuttin it out, you wouldnt eat it.
Cheek is pretty yuk as well but aboriginals love it.

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yeah I've seen whole tongues in butcher shops. I've had tongue in processed meat, I don't mind it.

I've never had cheek. Well not that kind anyway lol.

[aps1080]

One of my jobs was cutting the tongue out.

Slimy, green and sometimes lumps of grass. Yuk.

It is considered a delicacy by Aboriginals. You want to curry favor wih them, give the elder a tongue or two but you must give it to the elder.


I never liked tongue, even as a kid. Mum used to buy it in the uk.

[j*oono]

Sorry Icy.  I'm all charitied out this Christmas.  Six new Kiva loans last night for family members on the x's side. We are doing a gift to the charity of our choice this year for a change instead of the usual bottle of spirits.

My favourite one is to a young farmer in Thanh Hoa City. The loan is to buy sand, cement and bricks to build a toilet as his family has to use a neighbours latrine.

[icyfroth]

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@j*oono wrote:

Sorry Icy.  I'm all charitied out this Christmas.  Six new Kiva loans last night for family members on the x's side. We are doing a gift to the charity of our choice this year for a change instead of the usual bottle of spirits.

My favourite one is to a young farmer in Thanh Hoa City. The loan is to buy sand, cement and bricks to build a toilet as his family has to use a neighbours latrine.

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Totally understand, Joono.

Who gives a rat's about the aussie farmer, anyway? Overseas farms and families are much more important. 

There's enough ppl losing jobs thanks to the Halal Boycott. Who cares about the livelihoods lost to the Ausse producers who provide the product to be halal certified in the first place.

All that can come from overseas anyway, seeing we're sending money over there to help their farms and families.

Let them deal with halal certification.

[j*oono]

There's the Christmas spirit LOL

[icyfroth]

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@j*oono wrote:

There's the Christmas spirit LOL

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I see you have it in spades. 

[aps1080]

One of the big issues for farmers after hard times is the cost of restocking.

Sometimes destocking and then providing loans at low cost to restock
Is more beneficial than trying to keep a larger herd alive.

You have to keep some but that time lag of getting the flock or herd up to a level where it is self sustaining can be hard.

And keeping a herd requires never ending food.

[icyfroth]

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@aps1080 wrote:
One of the big issues for farmers after hard times is the cost of restocking.

Sometimes destocking and then providing loans at low cost to restock
Is more beneficial than trying to keep a larger herd alive.

You have to keep some but that time lag of getting the flock or herd up to a level where it is self sustaining can be hard.

And keeping a herd requires never ending food.

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From what I heard, whole regions of what used to be cattle farming is stripped bare of any animal life.

I don't know where Mr Abbott thinks we're going to get all the millions of cattle for the live export trade deal he's recently signed off with China from.

[aps1080]

Northern territory, WA.

Qld when it gets back on its feet.

Wa and nt get rin every year and so does fnq.

Its the areas south and inland that miss out. Channel country etc.