Michael Hare

16 hours ago, blorg said:

Yeah, that one seems to have been redefined severely.

 

Originally you would have thought 70% vaccinated meant, they had both had their two jabs and the required period after the second one to develop immunity.

 

Then it was pretty obvious that wasn't going to happen, so having two jabs, OK.

 

But redefining it as having had only one jab is not "vaccinated". Particularly not if the 1st jab is Sinovac, which really needs the second dose to be effective, it is not half as bad as people make out after the second dose but it it has particularly poor efficacy from the first dose.

 

The article does still seem to suggest that "The province must fully vaccinate another 218,277 people to achieve the 70% of population threshold." but I don't see how that can happen in the two weeks remaining.

 

Logically, if only 62% have even the first dose yet, and there is a minimum of two weeks between doses (and that's a very short window, as has been found in trials a longer gap is much more effective), it is simply impossible for 70% to be "fully vaccinated" by the end of the month.

The figures only apply to the people living in Phuket with house registrations there. Thousands of Thai people living and working in Phuket have house registrations in other provinces. Most of them can not get vaccinated, unless they go back to their home province. Even with two jabs, 70% of the population will never be vaccinated this year. 

I have been a permanent resident for 20 years and own a company and still have to get a work permit every two years. I don't see any plans to do away with this requirement for PR holders. 

3 hours ago, kickstart said:

That depends on if you have the vaccine ,media reports say they are only 60 000 does in the country with the DLD ,a farm in Rachaburi province says on FB he has some vaccine for sale .

Make more sense in trying to improve the farm biosecurity to prevent it spreading ,but like Foot and Mouth disease not easy, with you average beef cattle   that roam all over the place in search of feed, and  feed  have no handling facilities ,and trying  to control some very stroppy  animals. 

The problem I believe is that the authorities in Bangkok were caught out and had no vaccine in stock. Before allowing  the vaccine to come in from overseas, many meetings had to take place before permission was granted. A bit like the Covid-19 vaccines. I have heard, that the government did relent, and allow private organisations to import the lumpy skin vaccine in, rather than wait for DLD. 

Anyone that has cattle should vaccine their entire herd against lumpy skin. No use vaccinating cows that already have it. Vaccinate the healthy animals. 

This Ubon lawyer speaks English and will notarise documents.

Mr Chat Wongsingha,

81-83 Srinarong Road, Ubon Ratchathani.

Telephone 045 245545, 045 245546, 045 245547, 081 8766293. Fax 045 245547

1 minute ago, ricklev said:

In the past the work permit tertiary stage syphilis blood test was not required in Bangkok except for immigrant workers from neighboring countries.  All that was required was the docs signature on the form.

 

The hospitals and clinics saying it was a requirement were mostly just scamming extra fees.  I still wonder what the true situation is.  Maybe MedConsult had some forms refused.

Here in Ubon Ratchathani I get a Work Permit every two years. I have permanent residency and own a private company. For the Work Permit I still have to have a hospital checkup for 6 diseases which includes syphilis. In the past, I never had to have a syphilis test but for the past 10 years this test has been compulsory. Says so on the form for extending ones Work Permit. Can not argue with a form. 

Over the years I have always gone to Kodak Express photo shop at the intersection corner just up from the Wrong Way cafe.

I was driving on a stretch of that road yesterday morning, Nong Sung up to Kud Waa near Kunchinarai. On the new 4 lane section most vehicles were speeding over 100 kph. 

My understanding is that on this new 4 lane highway, construction has not been fully completed in some parts. Therefore the old speed limit of 90 kph still applies. 

Last week I drove on the 4 lane highway from Ubon to Roi-et. I drove at 100 kph and I had to keep moving into the left-hand lane to allow the cars going at 110-120 kph to speed in the right-hand lane. Since the speed limit was increased to 120 kph, cars are going that fast in the right-hand lanes. Even on the 4-lane ring road around Ubon city. 90 kph is just far too slow in the right-hand lanes. 

Ratchathani University in Ubon Ratchathani has a 747 parked in front.

17 hours ago, chris26be said:

Can't seem to find the eLearning seminar. Do I need it to change my two year driving license into a five year license (in Ubon)?

Yes, you definitely do need to complete the elearning course to change your two year driving license into a five year licencse in Ubon.

Click into the website here:  https://www.dlt-elearning.com/Home

It is a difficult site to navigate through, even for Thai people. Read each section carefully before going on to the next section. 

Good luck.

The Ubon Transport Department’s (DLT) renewal of driving licensees website is up and running. Yesterday my wife and an American friend clicked in and were able to pass the eLearning seminar and book an appointment in late March for the eye tests, photo and issue of their next 5-year driving licensees. This time they will also have to obtain a doctor’s health certificate prior to the appointment. To enter into the seminar website required entering their ID numbers. I don’t think the site will work with a passport number. For expats, the ID number is on your pink ID card or on your yellow house registration book. The seminar site is a bit difficult to navigate around. Questions are asked at intervals. Everything is in Thai and so an expat with limited Thai reading skills will need someone to help out

Following up on this 7-year old thread for those that may urgently want documents notarized and are unable to travel to Bangkok. Four years ago I used the services of Mr Phisan who is in the above temple shop. Yesterday, I took a document to him to get notarized. Unfortunately he had let his registration expire. However, he kindly directed me to Mr Chat's office (address above). My document was duly notarized by signing, stamping and a gold seal stuck on it. Mr Chat even used a fountain pen. The charge was 3,000 baht. 

Knight Visa is most certainly on Palochai Road near the intersection along from Ubon Plaza. I drive past the small shop frequently and have always wondered how many people go to them for visas during these times of Covid-19. 

12 hours ago, kickstart said:

Can not be that lucky it will be rice straw .

The only hay I have seen is from  Pangola grass ,and by the time it has been bashed about ,it is all stems and no leaf , feed valve probable just a bit more than rice straw .

Why do Thai's only use Pangola Grass for hay, in this area never seen say Pupal Guinea hay ,what would it take to make some Mulato II hay ,with Thai hay selling at 100-120 baht/bale making and selling hay could be a nice income ,the horse market would be interested 

Of course weather would play a big part getting 3-4 dry days in the rainy season ,when the  grass grows could be a problem,  and the  high humidity ,irrigating in the dry season, and cutting for hay that would work well .  

The main reason that there is pangola hay in Thailand, is that the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) promotes it. Just like they promote the use of Pakchong napier grass and Sweet Israel grass for fresh forage. Both projects are not based on any sound research or science. DLD wants to be seen to be actively doing things with village farmers. These above grasses do not require seeds. They are all planted by stems.

For some reason, DLD has moved away from doing anything with species that require sowing by seeds. In the past, they were active with promoting ruzi grass, purple guinea, Hamata stylo and Calvacade. Now no longer.

They refuse to even consider Mulato II and Mombasa guinea. Not one single DLD station in Thailand grows any Mulato II or even Mombasa guinea grass for pastures. But Thai farmers are not stupid. Last year we sold 56,000 kg of our seeds within Thailand. At the moment we are selling every day, small quantities of Mulato II to Thai farmers. One large farm in the Khon Kaen area is now making hay and silage for sale from Mulato II.

When I first came to Thailand in 1974, I worked for two years at the Borabu Land Development Centre (Mahasarakham province). There we made top quality hay from Townsville stylo and Coastal Bermuda grass. Even in the wet season during the dry June period. Both species have gone now. Townsville stylo got anthracnose disease in 1976 and was immediately replaced by Hamata stylo. Bermuda grass was not productive enough and was replaced by ruzi grass and purple guinea.

2 hours ago, thoongfoned said:

red ish with long ears.....  yes. its crazy if they can get anything near the price that she says.

a lot of people gotton back into cattle this past year in and around the village, going back 6 or 8 months ago i was hearing 40 - 50,000 baht for mum with a walking calf, then 2 or 3 months later i heard people flippng said animals for anything from 50 -70,000 .... no investment just hand cutting some weeds (have 2 people at the farm now cutting..) we always have people here cutting weeds.

road side beef is 280 kg in village shop 320 kg i buy good minced beef in macro from 270 - 350 kg.

live animal prices just seem crazy to me even if they are sort of subbed by local gov.

on a side note this year someone bought a kubota bailer, now alot of people have a store of "hay"

By "hay", do you mean rice straw? Couldn't possibly be good grass hay?

12 hours ago, farmerjo said:

Michael,does your university have a oilpress machine.

The closest i've come up with in Thailand is a cold press coconut oil machine from Champ in the Macro complex here.  

   

Farmerjo, I am no longer at the university. We moved out one year ago to our purpose-built seed store complex near our house in Ubon city. The Faculty of Agriculture does have a oilpress machine because they have been producing oil from sesame seeds for many years. They then put the oil in capsules for sale. I doubt that they would allow outsiders to use the machine though.

I have never said sunn hemp seeds can be used for animal feeds. The plant yes, but not the seeds. A pity about ipomea seeds contaminating the sunn hemp seeds. You have to hoe out the ipomea plants before the sunn hemp plants get too tall. Ipomea seeds can be cleaned out with various seed cleaners but is a difficult job and a lot of good sunn hemp seeds are lost. 

No ball fee to pay at Ubon Ratchathani University Tennis courts. Never anyone playing during the day and verybfew in thevevenings. Four courts and knock boards. Under-used. Swimming pool open at 4;40 pm. Fee is 40 baht/swim. In addition, there is a 3 km shady concrete walkway around the lake next to the sporting complex. 

Our company, Ubon Forage Seeds, contracts farmers in several villages in Mukdahan, Roi-et, Amnart and Ubon provinces to grow grass seed crops. Many of the farmers have to lease extra upland for about 1,000-2,000 baht/rai to grow the seed crops if they don't have enough family land themselves. Their gross returns from selling the seed are between 8,000-12,000 baht/rai. Their net return depends on how much fertiliser they apply and how many outside labourers they employ to help with the manual seed harvesting. The most profitable farmers do everything themselves with family labour and are very careful with the amount of fertiliser they apply. 

29 minutes ago, Tagged said:

Thank you for all your answers, and we got japaneese gras finely. Easiest for us than seeds.

 

first a layer of sand, flower soil, and buffalo aa, water and put the gras bricks. In 6 months we will know how it worked out.

 

 

 

 

What you have is Zoysia grass (Yaa Nuan Noi). Good luck. It needs a lot of love and care to grow well and persist. What grass will you plant on the inside banks to stabilise the soil? 

On 12/22/2020 at 12:54 PM, Michael Jones said:

Anyone know where in Ubon (or Warin) one could rent a tennis court for a few hours?

Out at the Ubon Ratchathani university, there are tennis courts down at the sports-complex and swimming pool area. During the day there is never anyone playing on them. I am sure you can go in and have a knock.  Friends of mine did this in the past.