1 hour ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Don't confuse Thailand with other country's farmers. It's the co-ops and levels above the Thai farmer who make most of the money off of farming in Thailand.

I think farmers get ripped off in most countries I have friends in the UK who farm beef cattle.

They told me how much they get for one cow then look at the price of steak on sale.

They reckon supermarkets are the worse culprits and farmers are trying to avoid dealing with them.

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Still, the rain just starts and stops. 

 

Right, eventually it stopped.

 

 

8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can look it up. It's called Climate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Thailand#Climate

 

Ha, yeah, when I read the headline I thought that finally someone had discovered rain defying gravity...nope, click bait!

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Can he knit potatoes?

Sew, but still funny. 

30 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

I think farmers get ripped off in most countries I have friends in the UK who farm beef cattle.

They told me how much they get for one cow then look at the price of steak on sale.

They reckon supermarkets are the worse culprits and farmers are trying to avoid dealing with them

And if you loved fish instead of rice would you then write them a love letter? Fishing is more than RELATIVELY dangerous. And fisherman are paid a PITTANCE. Where are your priorities? ????????????????

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Rice cultivation is backbreaking work. 

 

Don't waste rice. 

 

Waste of rice is a sacrilege. 

 

Clear? 

 

Yes.... make more sake.

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Every time I take a bite of food, I give thanks to the farm workers who provide the food which keeps me alive.

Every time I take a bite of food I pray the farm worker didn't overdo the pesticide so I can stay alive.

30 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

And if you loved fish instead of rice would you then write them a love letter? Fishing is more than RELATIVELY dangerous. And fisherman are paid a PITTANCE. Where are your priorities? ????????????????

The original post was about who makes money out of farmers, I continued the theme.

Nothing to do with fish, rice or any other specific product.

5 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

I think there is a competition going on----"GammaGlobulin" Joined 8 days ago and has 343 post---but neck and neck is "Will B Good" also joined the very same day (last week) and has 337 posts. 

343 and 337 is not neck and neck, not even close. Not sorry to be pedantic.

2 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

The original post was about who makes money out of farmers, I continued the theme.

Nothing to do with fish, rice or any other specific product.

The original post was about rain.

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Rice cultivation is backbreaking work. 

I take it you have tried modern rice farming? I have seen: tractors ploughing, I have seen seed being thrown on the ploughed fields. I have seen weeds the height of elephant grass and I have seen tracked harvesters cutting, threshing and disgorging grains. 

Where is the hard work in that?

Now, subsistence farming is another thing. But still machinery is involved. No one farms by hand any more. 

7 minutes ago, StevieAus said:

The original post was about who makes money out of farmers, I continued the theme.

Nothing to do with fish, rice or any other specific product.

I apologise, I was trying to reply to the original post. The problem here is that you are forbidden to delete a post, or even edit it after less than a minute. ????????

8 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

343 and 337 is not neck and neck, not even close. Not sorry to be pedantic.

If not neck and neck then a short head. The pedantry is strong with this one....

And if you loved fish instead of rice would you then write them a love letter? Fishing is more than RELATIVELY dangerous. And fisherman are paid a PITTANCE. Where are your priorities? 

14 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

The original post was about rain.

You didn't read it all? He also covered the dangers of farming. 

11 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

I take it you have tried modern rice farming? I have seen: tractors ploughing, I have seen seed being thrown on the ploughed fields. I have seen weeds the height of elephant grass and I have seen tracked harvesters cutting, threshing and disgorging grains. 

Where is the hard work in that?

Now, subsistence farming is another thing. But still machinery is involved. No one farms by hand any more. 

Except Thailand.

The rainy season this year isn't much. It used to pour for one hour last year.

 

The rain must have gone to China flooding them instead.

One should be grateful for food. Lots of people thinking, i have enough and it is just common to have food.

They throw it away, just like that. Big companies getting better then the ..farmers. And that is global.

In Asia they keep those farmers short and pay less, so you have to keep that rice coming otherwise you cant live.

Why are there the girls in Pattaya and so on? You think they "love you long time"?  No, too less money for living in normal way.

With climate change maybe then no more food. Then people would appreciate the "old times " then when farmers grew the rice and you could eat?

There are lots of  countries, even so called civilized countries, people eat barely. Which is a crying shame.

Big companies keeping prices high for themselves by holding back food or even destroy it.   

Wait until food is gone and you ll be wining again

 

Farmers are responsible for a tremendous amount of environmental destruction and pollution.

 

Not just that you can't live in Chiang Mai from Feb to April because of farmers, it's the same all over the world, farmers cause great pollution and environmental destruction.

 

 

Where are you.

 

Lots of rain upper Sakon Nakhon.

 

 

10 hours ago, beachproperty said:

You must think a lot of yourself! When you write its like a story but its not......its just  a mish mash of gobbly guck. Try getting  your point across quicker and don't drag it out.

What the hell is gobbly guck anyways?

13 minutes ago, n00dle said:

What the hell is gobbly guck anyways?

Exactly ......a lot of nonsense!

Climate Change. We all dead in 36 months.

12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can look it up. It's called Climate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Thailand#Climate

 

This rainy thing is not climate, it's weather...????

3 minutes ago, khunPer said:

This rainy thing is not climate, it's weather...????

Its all weather. Climate is just long term weather.

6 minutes ago, khunPer said:

This rainy thing is not climate, it's weather...????

You have to ask yourself whether or not it matters?

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Every time I take a bite of food, I give thanks to the farm workers who provide the food which keeps me alive. 

Must take a long time to get through a meal...

 

That said, I live with a family of farmers... great people one and all... [well, almost all] 

1 minute ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Must take a long time to get through a meal...

 

That said, I live with a family of farmers... great people one and all... [well, almost all] 

Real folk

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Real folk

mostly, except for the odd doll that my brother in law keeps in the bedroom... I think that is some sort of plastic?

14 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Rice cultivation is backbreaking work. 

 

Don't waste rice. 

 

Waste of rice is a sacrilege. 

 

Clear? 

 

As mud.