Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

_Brian

Panch18 wrote: »

Am i missing something or what the hell is a doctor of all people thinking going to work with sick people after coming back from northern Italy? The outbreak in Northern Italy has been well publicised

He was doing wit all advice from worldwide experts was, if your not showing symptoms there is no need to self isolate. I couldn’t understand that advice because a person incubating the virus would at some stage become an active spreader and they were relying on people noticing symptoms before that stage, surely a grey area at least.

Say my name

Panch18 wrote: »

Am i missing something or what the hell is a doctor of all people thinking going to work with sick people after coming back from northern Italy? The outbreak in Northern Italy has been well publicised

It was the same situation in Lanzarote with an Italian doctor bringing it there. Except he had the cop on to get tested the moment the outbreak in Italy became apparent. Even though he was already a week on his holiers at that stage.
This guy takes the biscuit though. Seemingly working for a while now since his return to the country. And all the advice from the HSE in the last month was if you were in northern Italy to get yourself tested only if you have concerns.
It should have been mandatory for a health worker in this country to do so coming from an effected place.
But sure we are where we are. No responsibility from the HSE and no personal responsibility taken by the doctor.
Oh and the advice is don't panic.
I have a feeling he had to get tested in the end probably because he started noticing symptoms either in the four affected or worse maybe patients he was treating.

Our glorious authorities tell us of how other countries are bringing it under control. They don't tell of the armed guards on apartment blocks enforcing quarantine in China though.

And we laugh and we scoff at the Chinese wearing face masks and scoff at the price increase in the price of such gear.
The Chinese will be the ones laughing at us now.

Say my name

_Brian wrote: »

He was doing wit all advice from worldwide experts was, if your not showing symptoms there is no need to self isolate. I couldn’t understand that advice because a person incubating the virus would at some stage become an active spreader and they were relying on people noticing symptoms before that stage, surely a grey area at least.

There was a doctor on the local radio station this morning saying it's two to three days after contact with an infected person that you can start shedding the virus yourself.
And you may never show symptoms of the virus but be a very active spreader.

Paper money can be a vector in the spread of it too.

zetecescort

Coronavirus confirmed in Cork, CUH closed to visitors

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/UPDATE-Coronavirus-case-confirmed-at-Cork-University-Hospital-Patient-had-not-travelled-to-Italy-e432674d-5128-4a15-8b96-b34d9ab0db6e-ds

_Brian

zetecescort wrote: »

Coronavirus confirmed in Cork, CUH closed to visitors

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/UPDATE-Coronavirus-case-confirmed-at-Cork-University-Hospital-Patient-had-not-travelled-to-Italy-e432674d-5128-4a15-8b96-b34d9ab0db6e-ds

This is a big deal.
From this case it seems that it’s been free in the community unknown. This means that god knows how many cases are hanging about out there undetected and possibly spreading.

Water John

Family working in CUH.

Panch18

13 cases in Ireland now apparently

_Brian

Water John wrote: »

Family working in CUH.

Very stressful time.

Buford T. Justice XIX

This might suit some looking to do the Green Cert, 1 and a half days a week away from the farm.
https://twitter.com/IFJDealer/status/1235612303044771840?s=19

Water John

So many of these these courses are time padded out. This shows it up.

patsy_mccabe

Corona Virus - Do not touch your face;

https://twitter.com/jeffmadams/status/1235309599563145221

_Brian

One wonders will they ban large gatherings soon ?

Stopping non essential gatherings sooner rather than later would help slow spread, nothing is stopping this train now.

Water John

Listening to Eoghan Corry, being bullish abut St. Patrick's Day Parade going ahead. He is not the medical expert and what number of deaths of the elderly would be find, financially acceptable?

naughto

_Brian wrote: »

One wonders will they ban large gatherings soon ?

Stopping non essential gatherings sooner rather than later would help slow spread, nothing is stopping this train now.

The parades will surely get the bullet

Hopefully Cheltenham is saved but it's not looking good

_Brian

See NZ feeling the effects of the virus as ports not moving goods and meat backing up in freezers.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2020/03/coronavirus-nz-running-out-of-chiller-space-for-stalled-farming-exports.html

Probably hit back to farm gate prices.

carrollsno1

_Brian wrote: »

See NZ feeling the effects of the virus as ports not moving goods and meat backing up in freezers.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2020/03/coronavirus-nz-running-out-of-chiller-space-for-stalled-farming-exports.html

Probably hit back to farm gate prices.

A lot of the two islands are in some form of drought or other at the minute anything north of Oamaru is in drought i was told last week, so production is down aswell that was tbe only tbing holding tbe price some way for the last few weeks at least here in Australia anyway.

longgonesilver

The people in China are still eating, hopefully. The warehouses will be emptying but will need to be filled sometime.

_Brian

No ban on parades or mass gatherings. It seems to go against gut feeling to try and minimise spread opportunities.

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

No ban on parades or mass gatherings. It seems to go against gut feeling to try and minimise spread opportunities.

Where could this go wrong I wonder?

lab man

kollegeknight wrote:

Where would it be then? Do we have to claim them as west? Two secondary schools in ennistymon closed today, one for 2 weeks.

10 mile west/northwest of ennis

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

Where could this go wrong I wonder?

Is the army planning for much if things spread a bit worse?

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

Is the army planning for much if things spread a bit worse?

No idea. The big boys might be putting something in place

whelan2

I wonder will bord bia inspections be suspended......asking for a friend

Buford T. Justice XIX

For those who are farming in areas that are subject to the new LPIS mapping system, there are information meetings being held to inform about the new system.
https://twitter.com/IFAmedia/status/1235952799311151104?s=19

whelan2

Apparently the ifa have been told there will be no delays in payments this year due to the new system

carrollsno1

In a city of 1.3 million the last few days with a few cases of Covid-19 and even have a special unit set up for dealing with it here. Its a bank holiday here with a festival on in the city centre i went in for a look last night and everyone was cool as a breeze no panic whatsoever. Ive never been to Dublin for Patricks day but i reckon we were more condensed as a crowd than what ive seen on television of Dublin.
Not sure if were being to laid back or yere going over the top at home.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

Apparently the ifa have been told there will be no delays in payments this year due to the new system

Hopefully not considering the delays that the farmers in Louth had last year.

Nekarsulm

whelan2 wrote: »

I wonder will bord bia inspections be suspended......asking for a friend

Probably be stepped up a gear.
Be safer out tramping around the mearn ditch of a farm than sitting in an open plan office....

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Apparently the ifa have been told there will be no delays in payments this year due to the new system

I'm sure they'll find a new way of delaying payments.

Dinzee Conlee

Anyone recommend a good medium term forecast app - or just tell me the forecast would be be good too

Not sure what to do re fertiliser are - yellow warning for rain, but the forecast for my area doesn’t seem too bad...

whelan2

Clear test

Mortelaro

I see the greens want to devalue our land
With a referendum if necessary in their government formation talks

You'll pay a levy on anything more than 25% above local agricultural value
So if you sell a site for say 50k
You'll pay the levy on 40k of that

Outrageous in my opinion

Nekarsulm

Mortelaro wrote: »

I see the greens want to devalue our land
With a referendum if necessary in their government formation talks

You'll pay a levy on anything more than 25% above local agricultural value
So if you sell a site for say 50k
You'll pay the levy on 40k of that

Outrageous in my opinion

Methinks they want to stay in opposition....

Say my name

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Methinks they want to stay in opposition....

It's all part of negotiation.
Fly the proposal that you know will be highly opposed by the other two parties in one hand and get the lesser proposal that is just below that proposal in opposition passed by fg and ff on the other hand.
Fg and ff then can claim a moral victory to the world in that the first proposal was shot down and the greens can claim victory in that the real lessor proposals they wanted to get through get accepted.

carrollsno1

Landed in New Zealand tonight, Coronavirus mentioned on the flight in and how wed be subject to a probe upon entry however there was none of that from what i could see anyway and there was more interest in preventing pork products entering to keep out tbe African Swine Fever.

straight

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Landed in New Zealand tonight, Coronavirus mentioned on the flight in and how wed be subject to a probe upon entry however there was none of that from what i could see anyway and there was more interest in preventing pork products entering to keep out tbe African Swine Fever.

Where were they going to put the probe...

wrangler

straight wrote: »

Where were they going to put the probe...

Probe is supposed to be very painful, apparently it goes 2-3 inches up your nose.
Claire Byrne wouldn't agree to demonstrate it on telly during the week

patsy_mccabe

Anyone pop into the Gort Limousin sale yesterday evening? Some prices up on twitter. Not great, by the look of it.

Mac Taylor

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone pop into the Gort Limousin sale yesterday evening? Some prices up on twitter. Not great, by the look of it.

I was there, 9 of the 16 turned up, 3 sold.
No buyers really and not a lot of interest, roscrea entry is low aswell, it really just costs too much to sell at these sales, €500 to €6oo minimum less in the yard and you’d still be better off.

davidk1394

I'm not sure if many of ye follow horse racing but a well known figure of racing world was laid to rest today.

https://kilkennynow.ie/renowned-kilkenny-horse-trainer-joe-crowley-passes-away-aged-91/

Base price

Waiting for the Vet.

patsy_mccabe

Mac Taylor wrote: »

I was there, 9 of the 16 turned up, 3 sold.
No buyers really and not a lot of interest, roscrea entry is low aswell, it really just costs too much to sell at these sales, €500 to €6oo minimum less in the yard and you’d still be better off.

Ya, a few lads have said that to me. Costing way too much. Especially those that have to travel long distances and pay for accomodation.

Mortelaro

There are now 4 confirmed corona virus patients who I know personally within 2 miles of me and a 5th possible this evening
All back from Italy

I'd boil the eejits in oil for going and redden their backsides with a black thorn bush
They had to have known what they were flying into

One of them told the HSE that he was too busy and wouldn't self isolate or go to hospital
A garda car and an ambulance turned up at his door and he was bundled off to the Mater and rightly so
You won't have heard that on the news
In my family, there's 2 with underlying serious health conditions at the moment and I myself have a compromised immune system

To cap it all off, the local active retirement group went to Rome last week.... They're back and acting normal, no 2 week self isolation
Corona is serious for a lot of us
Yet there are people out there who are selfishly acting the maggot with other people's lives :mad:
The active retirement one is mind boggling

whelan2

I think alot of it is down to not getting your money back if you dont travel.

mayota

whelan2 wrote: »

I think alot of it is down to not getting your money back if you dont travel.

You won’t get your money back if you go either, just the chance of getting and or spreading covid.

wrangler

Mortelaro wrote: »

There are now 4 confirmed corona virus patients who I know personally within 2 miles of me and a 5th possible this evening
All back from Italy

I'd boil the eejits in oil for going and redden their backsides with a black thorn bush
They had to have known what they were flying into

One of them told the HSE that he was too busy and wouldn't self isolate or go to hospital
A garda car and an ambulance turned up at his door and he was bundled off to the Mater and rightly so
You won't have heard that on the news
In my family, there's 2 with underlying serious health conditions at the moment and I myself have a compromised immune system

To cap it all off, the local active retirement group went to Rome last week.... They're back and acting normal, no 2 week self isolation
Corona is serious for a lot of us
Yet there are people out there who are selfishly acting the maggot with other people's lives :mad:
The active retirement one is mind boggling

The world wasn't going to stop for this virus, I'm older,asthmatic,and always get a bad time with the flu even with the vaccine. To be realistic Ireland was never going to avoid this virus.

Base price

This fella was waiting for me at the back door when I got back from the yard.

enricoh

I saw on the news some airport in Asia and they had an app on the phone scanning the temperature of passengers.
If they had even rigged it up here for Italian flights it would have slowed it down getting here.

Was down the local last night and it was dead. I'm sure a few were keeping their dough for Cheltenham but no doubt some were staying away due to Corona. I'd be raging if I owned a restaurant/ hotel etc over no scanning at the airport.

orm0nd

whelan2 wrote: »

I think alot of it is down to not getting your money back if you dont travel.

My daughter lost an UK work contract this week, cancelled at the last minute by the client cos of the health risk . She had accommodation, flights and car hire paid for herself and a colleague.

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

I think alot of it is down to not getting your money back if you dont travel.

The middle two here are supposed to be going to Spain with the youth club, last 100 euro to be paid last night. One wants to go, the other wants to stay but there's no refunds possible until the whole sum is paid and only if the travel advise is to stay at home.

We had to pay the last of it and hope it's cancelled. I would be immuno-compromised as well and have stocked up on animal meds, lunch stuff for myself and my meds as well.

I wouldn't be very confident of avoiding it myself but I have herself and the eldest lad half trained to take over for a while if needed.