This is one of the hardest stories I've ever watched so many good farmers suffering financially and mentally to keep themselves and there cows going. My thoughts go out to the good people of the Aussie out back
Your greatest ally in this drought is Geoff Lawton. He will help you develop swales and keylines to save water. If there is a way Geoff will find it. He is an Australian, a national treasure.
i dont understand u cutdown 60-70% of trees what else do you expect? why cant you build houses with concrete and bricks like they do in east here? i can understand why they build it out of wood in west.. but comeon . from what i hear 6000 acres of land with not a single tree in some areas, where there used to be forests all cutdown under pretext of cultivation.. now your reaping the effects of it.
We cut down 60-70% of the tree's in Australia? Are you off your head or what? Every tree is growing everyday, including the new ones we planted. Shit, just might be that trees are renewable. More trees burn down in bush fires then we cut down and within 20 years they have mostly grown back. You morons really have no clue.
Peter Andrews very important knowledge of how to create and maintain our land must not be cast aside or ignored.With Tony Cootes insight and capable backing of Peters work along with Stewart (son of Peter) & other Mulloon Creek property owners Australia must embrace this legacy & promote it nation wide.
This is a year and a half ago. Nothing has f**king changed. I'm from Orange and we have a house that cost us a $460k loan. We are running out fast. Everything is dead, dams are empty. What disgusts me the most is when we travel and see people with "water rights" Irrigating and watering grass, the government sitting there and saying it'll rain and the fact that businesses are taking advantage of us with this drought relief scandal that they tried. I'm scared that Orange will have to be evacuated and that we're going to be left homeless as we lose our jobs, home and get stuck with a loan. Government needs to invest big into a state wide reliable infrastructure. Government never did anything reliable and properly. Can't even do the internet right. Won't do water properly and now they're being slack with firefighting support. I can go on but I believe anyone who reads this already knows what would be listed.... Now with the fires, I fear for more than my own wallet. With all this money that will be lost, these liberals better quit their bullshitery with holidays and giving money to churches because we're going to need it.
should read about agenda 21 from the united nations and how it explicitly outlines moving people from the rural area's into cities australia is onboard with the united nations and it is implimenting this agenda on the state federal and local level.
@@BingLeiFM well I'd love to move to the city but until a 2 bedroom house drops from $1.5M to something reasonable. It's just not going to happen. Also I remember when the liberal PM signed everyone in Australia up to something from the UN. Thought it was some 2030 NWO lol. Wouldn't doubt it but that's makes more sense
@Al Pal The same state governments thats buying back property in what they consider bushfire prone area's...yeah the one in the same. lets trust the government to be honest about moving immigrants to rural area's when you can't force anyone to live anywhere period....Lol....
@Al Pal Secondly Agenda 21 isn't a theory its a united nations Agenda on sustanability if your narrow mind can't see how that plays into the current geo political landscape then im afraid thats on you,
Damn...... We had the worst drought in 108 years during 2016 in South Africa. Where i lived we had 20mm of our expected 800mm for the year.... Small towns were hardest hit.
I'm a tax payer I'd rather my money go to help all farmers out for real asking who going to pay for this come on we need our farmers wake up Australia this country going to shit
Notice how the word 'fine' is used by the weather reporters for days that have no rain. No rain at the moment means severe drought and the word used is 'fine'! The word should be 'devastating'. As in, "Today, the weather is devastating once again across the country. Hazy skies that are the wrong colour due to SRM will obliterate the chance of any rain cloud forming let alone dropping any rain." That's how the reports should go.
I can mitigate the drought problems these farmers are struggling, but will never get to that level. You see, the power these days are given to those who are unfit and it is the people who elect these unfit government officials. These problems can be solved through innovations and it is a time to act now otherwise future generations will be doomed.
I know people who live in this area and keep cattle. It's pretty upsetting to witness from outside. This is the first time I've seen this 4 Corners episode and it's making it even more striking the extent of this.
This is heart-rending. Life simply is a struggle. There are always issues and sometimes we wonder what to do next. These poor farmers are at that point. I am American but I hear the same refrain from every video regardless of country...why isn't government more responsive? Do they tax us enough? Where does the money go? Etc.Etc.Etc. It was positive to be shown a caring physician. My husband was very involved in his patients and their problems and took them to heart. So much for cold doctors.
How long have you heard the story about building a pipe line from fnq south to nsw to vic and sa we have a major issue with recycling if we had some serious Polly’s recycle our plastic manafactur pipe and employ hundreds of unemployed putting in the bloody pipe that should have been done 50years ago instead of sending billions of dollars overseas and stop immigration now till we can sort things out some one send a message to Morrison on his banana lounge in Hawaii I hope he is enjoying himself while farmers are killing them selves while the east coast burns but I suppose we get the poli we deserve the lucky country do you think still the best country on earth and the greatest people
experienced a drought in the late 50s in the Hunter Valley , So much so that the Hunter river was just pools of water , milkers were hand fed , Mum and Dad did it very tough as did our farming neighbours .
It's now August 2019 while I make this comment. About 20 kms from where I live are around 1000 large square bales of winterfeed for sale. They have been there for 18 months so will soon be worthless due to deterioration. We have had (so far) a very mild winter in New Zealand and there are similar stocks of baleage and hay that are unlikely to be required here before Spring. So who has the foresight to move this resource to where it is so desperately need in OZ?
ripp846 says: "An American is praying for you. That's got to be hard. Hang in there!" == You forgot to add "thoughts" with it. And it never worked. You know that the god never shows up when the things gone bad. He gets all the credit when the thing gone good.
don't feel sorry for them , they will not change their ways or listen to new ideas or believe that the government has been using geoengineering weather control for over 70 years . they chop down all the trees leaving the country exposed, etc
I'm not a farmer and not a scientist... but would it be possible to achieve some sort of improvement by holistic management as suggested by Allan Savory?
Solution: Spare 1/10th of the farm to dig a bigger, concrete pool of water... per barn. Make sure a tarp is placed above it and it can't be contaminated.
TOTALLY AGREE, IT WILL ALSO SAVE ANIMALS GETTING BOGGED & IF THEY PUMP WATER OUT OF THE DAM INTO TROUGHS WITH A FENCE AROUND THE DAM IT STOPS THEM SHITTING IN THE DAM !!!!!!
Droughts as the worst events on all rural communities. I've been there. I just saw this ABC program and it 2023. Still nothing has been done to make it easier for rural Australia in bad times. With the 1975 legislation on farming and manufacturing. Nothing will never be don't till that policy is killed and it seems no Polly will stand up for rural Australia.
Some of the comments below are beyond contempt. Europe isn't like Australia but even there they are suffering. 40C in the UK, no rain for months, power prices through the roof. If nothing is done to sort this mess out 'IT' is going to hit the fan this winter for many. Politicians - bl**dy joke.
The solution is to subsoil plow your land and to build swales and ponds to collect the rainwater. The rainwater will be absorbed into the groundwater and the water aquifers.
Yeh bro. There are over 250 fires burning across Australia with over 10000 hectares burning. Australia has had the worst fires it's ever had in history. So yeh bro doing sweet down here.
Whats happening to all the wild animals out there. Horses, koalas, kangas, wombats etc Are they dying too or are they finding there own water supply and grass? Who is helping them survive? This is a very sad story, people doing it tough. I did hear that farmers must plant more trees so that clouds of rain will gather over them.
The animals and the plant life will perish. No water, no life. BTW, planting more trees won't bring back the rain. The rain is being stopped by technological means so that the farmers will go broke and then large corporations will buy up those farms for pennies on the pound.
@@solveigsokcanic5724 says: "WORSE" == Thank you. The problem won't stay in Australia. It's ongoing and will spread to the rest of the world. It's been warned for 70 or so years. People just didn't listen. It's pay back time and i won't be pretty.
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i know wat its like wen we went on to our new farm in 1945 there were 3 sheep and 2 horses and they died of starvation on 1000 acres and even wen it rained did it took a long time before it would carry a lot of stock and in the 1960s it came again and we rode around every day and those couldnt get up or got stuck in dams we shot and dug a big hole to put them and even though i hated leaveing the land im glad in one way or we would have to go through all over again our thoughts are with farmers today
@Rob Roy Hi Rob Roy. Heard of Geoengineering? It's happening right now over our heads and its the cause of the drought. Our drought is being induced by technological means and large corporations are buying up the small farms as they go broke.
Raytheon does the weather modelling that sends the weather news and predictions out to our TVs and radios. Raytheon is owned by the Rothschilds, the banking dynasty family. Considering the weather is now controlled by technological means, Raytheon can tell us what they want, which is a disguised prescription of the weather, pretending it is a consequence of 'global warming'. Global warming is happening but weather control is about the stealing of resources by the stopping of rain.
Chemtrails is the conspiracy term used to debunk the actual programs of weather modification. Geoengineering is the correct broad term, under which there are sub types, such as SRM, Solar Radiation Management and Ocean Iron Fertilisation, etc.
what is holding government from approving and starting building water channels from fn Qld and NT to south. That should be done long time ago. Because when water comes through channels then dams or big water reservoirs could be built and that could make change of an environment save farmers and in fact all country. Lot of unemployed people could have a job and if that is not enough we have lot of people in prisons and they are paid from our taxes so they may be useful and pay their bills
Australia is one of 4 nations which export wheat. Wheat production has been falling since 1990, with shrinkage of suitable land. In 2018 Australia imported wheat for the first time. Studies of the Jet Streams associated with the North and South Arctic Poles show why hot, dry winds continue to bake Australia -- the cause is the melting of the Polar Icecaps. Australia is more vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change than any other Continent. Australia could well cease to be a wheat exporter. This is the worst drought since reliable weather records have been kept. However, the Australian Govt does not believe in Climate Change (and it was an election issue in April 2019, when the present Govt was elected).
SEE WEBSITE; EXTENSIVE LIST OF PATENTS GEOENGINEERING WATCH.ORG & DANE WIGINGTON RUclips there are many reasons for the drought, like deforestation, mining & agricultural waste, damming rivers, etc BUT GEOENGINEERING THE WEATHER BY THE GOVERNMENT IS A MAIN CAUSE !!!!!!! they will use the land for mining , nuclear waste, etc when farmers go
What we need is to build the modified Bradfield scheme and network all our water resources together. We need a massive expenditure on infrastructure. We need a sovereign fund to take over distressed mortgages from banks and finance houses, and then we need to make our agricultural businesses viable again. otherwise, all our best land will end up in the hands of the Chinese and we may as well begin the revolution now.
@@gryphus64 No, Mr Spork. Care to elaborate on your smart ass comment? Or on your first comment? What does "all our water resources" mean? If it doesn't rain, where are these water resources?
They already have...But Desalination requires a huge amount of power and it extremely costly to run. The few that are built are only used to supply cities in extreme drought conditions, not 24/7 because of the power usage.
Worset drought in 50 years what a beat up tipical by the A B C we had a big drought here in southern new south wales from 2001 to 2012 then it rained big and a big flood fown the murrumbidgee river and then 5 wet years in a row after that npw were back on drought again for hpw ever long it is and it will rain again a d it will rain big and then anouther flood which has been happening for hundreds of years in australia thats the way this country is and allways has been
Yes biggest floods I have seen! Lachlan and Central West was incredible. I seen a huge cod swimming across the road between Condo and West Wyalong in 300mm of water !
How tragic that stolen indigenous land has been mismanaged and destroyed in this way. This is a fragile ecosystem - it obviously can't stand up to intensive farming and cattle ranching.
i can remember wen my family came from cohuna in victoria to a small place called mayrung 25 ks from deniliquin nsw in the 1940s my granfather and his sons bought 1 thousand acres and there was 2 horses and three sheep and they died of staravation i f it was not for irrigation now days it would be like that now and 1966 it was my turn to start shooting cattle in that drought cattle were that cheap they wouldnt even pay trucking or argent fees
Austin Ball Hi im from Sydney, Im thinking of leaving this city and moving elsewhere, Do you need any workers on your land? Im a young 20 year old guy ready to work.
My parents lost their family farm in that drought. 50 odd years later my father wanted his ashes spread across his boyhood land of home I'm Victoria's Snowy Mountain doorstep.
I live in Parkes, NSW, we are forecast to run dry by march. Also, for those saying "plant tree" "follow the Chinese example" fun fact YOU CANT PLANT THINGS IN DUST!! The sky is as dry and empty as our rivers and dams. You probably live in the city, have you driven the 6 hours in land and watched the tip soil blow away and get added to another wall of dust?? We need rain and we need it now. @Alpha omega @francoise Loffler
It's a novel idea and can be implemented effectively in some circumstances, but it goes deeper than just a need for rain. In large scale farms theres mostly a reliance on industrial-ag companies now. that commonplace reliance is not only an increasing cost for the farmer, but also destroys the land by killing the microbiology/structure within the soil itself. this, along with overgrazing usually, means limited or often no ability to store whatever meagre water one gets - something that australia's delicate ecosystem had evolved to do prior to european settlement/farming methods desertified large swathes of land on the continent. aboriginals understand this on a deep level(hence the 70,000+ years of continued existence). the culture of bad land management speeds up desertification by killing ground cover and compacting soil, which also means flash flooding increases. this is why whenever there is rain, it effectively disappears (relative to what the farmer would observe). this leads to a myriad of things such as top soil run off, salinity issues, blue algae issues(look at the murray darling and liverpool plains for prime instances of this), etc etc. Cooma Greater Region for example used to be bright green - now its mostly barren and brown. this isnt a random occurence. yes farmers do it tough, no doubt. they deserve respect and ought to be valued by the otherwise disconnected australian populace. and yes, there is less and less rain which is out of their control, but it isn't due to a lack of empathy or understanding to say whats written above^ yet a prevailing culture within australian farming means often turning a blind eye to their own practices as purveyors of the land. there are ways to combat/develop serious resilience and in some cases completely drought-proof properties too, and it doesnt start with seeding clouds to rain, it starts with mindset.
No wonder we discuss Climte Change. Farmers need to diverse. They cash in when te good times however. Many in the city have it tougher but that is never reported.
I thought it was interesting how it was mentioned in the doc,that the town once had six butchers in one town,and now theres none. Society has recognize thats half the problem. We have to stop eating meat every day. With the land and energy it takes to raise cattle,we could be using it in much more sustainable ways. Fast food,drive throughs with cheap hamburgers is the American way and made them very rich. It has to stop.I have much empathy for the farmers,they are clever resourcful people and have to figure out something else to do with there land,or get into another business,as hard as it will be.
Sometimes a cattle farmer must chain up the dogs when you have to work the cattle. Sometimes the dogs attack the cattle and you cant get the work done right because of the dogs, especially if one does corral work,thats why you chain them up.
@@TheTirado2 >> if one does corral work,thats why you chain them up. If that had been the case they could have been inside. Those dogs were obviously chained up next to the house, presumably for their entire lives.
@@DinarAndFriends "Presumably for their entire lives", are you serious? These people are battling and trying to survive and you are carrying on about dogs being chained up. Dogs have the best life on a Farm, get the rocks out of your head.
@@alexandermelbaus2351 Any moderately sane person would understand that chaining a dog up 24 hours a day is incredibly cruel. You are a disgrace to Australia attempting to defend this deliberate cruelty. I strongly suspect that you are an abuser yourself.
@@alexandermelbaus2351 Maybe you have difficulties with basic comprehension. Or do you *genuinely* believe that being chained up 24 hours a day is *the best life*? Either way, please seek professional help before you harm others.
Apparently climate change will improve farming productivity in Australia by 2050 (according to the UN), but the world still needs to move away from fossil fuels or this will be an all too familiar occurrence.
It appears that we humans are responsible for this: 260. Due to the nature of the geography of the planet, the land, the mountains, the forests, oceans and inland waters, the movements only happen gradually, however, unstoppably, for which the unstoppable and irrational and increasingly excessive overpopulation and its irresponsible destruction machinations and elimination machinations will be around 85% of the cause. @t I have turned to my spiritual studies to change into a true human being and to not be confused seeing all these changes to planet Earth.
A little water can go a long way if it is conserved. Also I think in that situation, I would look to alternative farming options. Which crops (or if possible trees) are most suited to drought conditions. As for this mental health rubbish, that is only for people who cannot see a way out. Look for suitable alternatives for your drought prone land and you`ll be fine.
With respect Pol, I don't think you understand what the farmers are trying to protect. How do you think they made it this far? They know the value of smart farm management.
I feel bad for the wildlife and flora. No sympathy for the farmers who've contributed to this drought by their relentless land clearing and destroying the environment. They're also climate change deniers which make it worse. Now they're asking the taxpayers to bail them out. I say no. Let them leave the land so it can regenerate, we import a lot of our food anyway.
I absolutely disagree. No farmers, no food. The drought is not caused at all by the farmers. It is being caused by weather modification programmes. One of the results of Solar Radiation Management is prevention of rain. This is what we are seeing right now.
@@nephos100 I agree to an extent. The farmers have to change what they grow. Cotton is not a viable crop in Australia. It doesn't contribute to what we eat either. We need to ensure we supply water to crops that give us food and not waste it on water intensive crops like cotton.
@@kev8646 If there is enough water for cotton, I'm fine with cotton. At the moment, we are not really being told exactly which food crops and pastoral extents are failing. If we were told how bad it is, we would rise up in arms. We are also not being told that our weather is now controlled by technology. Read this: our rain is being deliberately stopped. There are a variety of reasons for this. Find them out for yourself. Talking about other details is like swabbing the decks of the Titanic (ie the Olympic) while it's sinking.
Everybody should be going to church and praying to God to have mercy on them. Of course people are going to break down without God's strength to uphold them. Why is there drought or flood or hurricane? Because people are enduring under their own strength instead of relying on God and acknowledging Him as the Source of all that is good and right. Are these people God-loving? Who knows. These documentaries don't go into that aspect. I think we are forgetting about God's sovereignty in all things on earth. We have left Him out of the picture too long so now He is waiting for us to come back to Him in earnest. God has left us to our own devices.
Wouldn’t the best path to a solution be investment in a lot of big coastal desalination plants and good irrigation, guided by Peter Andrews’ method? And for that you need reliable power generation. Not misanthropic Green alarmist destruction. Either coal or nuclear. Not bloody windmills. And for the bush fires, proper forest management and hazard reduction. Not barking mad “rewilding”.
I really feel for the farmers ,but its also about growth in Australia these government bumsitters ........build these massive dams ,and canals from the east ,west etc, should have happened a long time ago build the canals with the locks etc and get that water closer.....look at Europe spend the cash nobody is going to complain...🤠
Just watching documentary other day about Murray River...it dried up completely plus killed tonnes fish due to lack of oxygen in water..wondering if building dams would have helped in this extreme situation..
@Al Pal that's what I mean..it would be sheer waste of capital to build those dams where these drought situation has become more frequent in recent years..they may need something drastic or exotic to turn desert into green..like what Israel did in dry weather..
@Al Pal it's also little difficult for country like Australia where nearly 70% land is desert or waste land and turn it into some agricultural land..unless they find permanent water source somewhere and take it took these places where farming could be possible..I see that next to impossible as well in current climate crisis..
It's amazing how much profit farmers take in the good times, but don't don't do anything to protect against drought in the future. It's not up to all Australian's to bail you out of the shit all the time. How much of your product is exported to China ? Ask them for help.
Wow mate, you clearly don't know shit about running a farm. And a drought is a very long term natural disaster. All the profit the farmers have earned over the good years just slowly drains away as they try to keep their livestock and crops alive.
Climate will keep on changing regardless of its causes. Humanity has to live with the climate the best way that is notice+learn+adjust+prepare as we have done long long before any one talk about global warming/climate change.
Did you Know if people didn't kill whales, we'd have less CO2 in the atmosphere, one whale is more effective than 1000 trees. Look it up. This isn't a one thing solution.
Oh BTW stop driving cars?? I live 6 hours away from the city, I'd ride an emu or a kangaroo but they're kind of on the side of the road rn, you Know, no food, no water, the wind rush from trucks knocking them over, too weak to get up...
rick davis says: "desalinization...." == It's like trying to keep the room cooler by keeping the frige door open. Or trying to fight starvation by eating your own body parts.
I suggest praying for rain. I live in Perth, Western Australia and me and my friend pray for rain when rain is overdue. I have been praying for rain since 2010. As result we have had enough rain here in Perth since 2010. Last year we had more rain than usual. I find praying for rain works best when you pray for rain inside the rain season - not out of season. We get rain here in Perth 2-4 days after I have prayed for rain. So if you are further from the coast you made need to wait longer for rain after praying for it. I PRAY to Jehovah God.
What a brain-dead and idiotic solution. It's because of people like you that we aren't more advanced. It's nearly 2020. It's time people stop believing in the bronze Age lies.
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That won't do a thing. The drought is being caused by deliberate interference in the weather systems. They have the technology to stop the rain or let it happen. For whatever reasons, they are stopping the rain. The sun and the oceans drive our weather.
@@davechristian7543 Its Called HAARP look it up its a weather modification system that was made in america it can produce tornadoes hurricanes rain in different places etc
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This is one of the hardest stories I've ever watched so many good farmers suffering financially and mentally to keep themselves and there cows going. My thoughts go out to the good people of the Aussie out back
as a kiwi i am proud to be here in this amazing nation to help my brothers and sisters as i can
I'm from Tamworth I saw this drought first hand, it was bloody tough.
We stuck together. Rural Australians come together.
Your greatest ally in this drought is Geoff Lawton. He will help you develop swales and keylines to save water. If there is a way Geoff will find it. He is an Australian, a national treasure.
The more I watch of this, the more I love this country of mine, Australia.
Looks like the American dust bowl in the making . Bring lots of cattle , sheep and goats to a dry land and destroy the vegetation = DUST BOWL .
Follow up - where are they now?
i dont understand u cutdown 60-70% of trees what else do you expect? why cant you build houses with concrete and bricks like they do in east here? i can understand why they build it out of wood in west.. but comeon . from what i hear 6000 acres of land with not a single tree in some areas, where there used to be forests all cutdown under pretext of cultivation.. now your reaping the effects of it.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU !!!!
We cut down 60-70% of the tree's in Australia? Are you off your head or what? Every tree is growing everyday, including the new ones we planted. Shit, just might be that trees are renewable. More trees burn down in bush fires then we cut down and within 20 years they have mostly grown back. You morons really have no clue.
Farmers are the backbone of our country.
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I love my country and the people in it.💙
Peter Andrews very important knowledge of how to create and maintain our land must not be cast aside or ignored.With Tony Cootes insight and capable backing of Peters work along with Stewart (son of Peter) & other Mulloon Creek property owners Australia must embrace this legacy & promote it nation wide.
@ABC -- I would LOVE a follow up story now.
yes
This is a year and a half ago. Nothing has f**king changed. I'm from Orange and we have a house that cost us a $460k loan. We are running out fast. Everything is dead, dams are empty.
What disgusts me the most is when we travel and see people with "water rights" Irrigating and watering grass, the government sitting there and saying it'll rain and the fact that businesses are taking advantage of us with this drought relief scandal that they tried. I'm scared that Orange will have to be evacuated and that we're going to be left homeless as we lose our jobs, home and get stuck with a loan.
Government needs to invest big into a state wide reliable infrastructure. Government never did anything reliable and properly. Can't even do the internet right. Won't do water properly and now they're being slack with firefighting support.
I can go on but I believe anyone who reads this already knows what would be listed....
Now with the fires, I fear for more than my own wallet. With all this money that will be lost, these liberals better quit their bullshitery with holidays and giving money to churches because we're going to need it.
should read about agenda 21 from the united nations and how it explicitly outlines moving people from the rural area's into cities australia is onboard with the united nations and it is implimenting this agenda on the state federal and local level.
@@BingLeiFM well I'd love to move to the city but until a 2 bedroom house drops from $1.5M to something reasonable. It's just not going to happen. Also I remember when the liberal PM signed everyone in Australia up to something from the UN. Thought it was some 2030 NWO lol. Wouldn't doubt it but that's makes more sense
@Al Pal The same state governments thats buying back property in what they consider bushfire prone area's...yeah the one in the same.
lets trust the government to be honest about moving immigrants to rural area's when you can't force anyone to live anywhere period....Lol....
@Al Pal Secondly Agenda 21 isn't a theory its a united nations Agenda on sustanability if your narrow mind can't see how that plays into the current geo political landscape then im afraid thats on you,
@Al Pal Like der probably not you seem like a pretensious know it all 😉
fantastic doc very pleased to see .very very nice people.
Heartbreaking :(
" A portrait of Australia’s worst drought in 50 years "
And they did not know what 2019/20 Summer was going to be.
the fire service warned so get facts right
Damn...... We had the worst drought in 108 years during 2016 in South Africa. Where i lived we had 20mm of our expected 800mm for the year.... Small towns were hardest hit.
I'm a tax payer I'd rather my money go to help all farmers out for real asking who going to pay for this come on we need our farmers wake up Australia this country going to shit
Notice how the word 'fine' is used by the weather reporters for days that have no rain. No rain at the moment means severe drought and the word used is 'fine'! The word should be 'devastating'. As in, "Today, the weather is devastating once again across the country. Hazy skies that are the wrong colour due to SRM will obliterate the chance of any rain cloud forming let alone dropping any rain." That's how the reports should go.
Quirindi was my childhood
Water will be the next oil in next century
It already is, our government are selling the Murray River to international corporations!
I can mitigate the drought problems these farmers are struggling, but will never get to that level. You see, the power these days are given to those who are unfit and it is the people who elect these unfit government officials. These problems can be solved through innovations and it is a time to act now otherwise future generations will be doomed.
I know people who live in this area and keep cattle. It's pretty upsetting to witness from outside.
This is the first time I've seen this 4 Corners episode and it's making it even more striking the extent of this.
This is heart-rending. Life simply is a struggle. There are always issues and sometimes we wonder what to do next. These poor farmers are at that point. I am American but I hear the same refrain from every video regardless of country...why isn't government more responsive? Do they tax us enough? Where does the money go? Etc.Etc.Etc. It was positive to be shown a caring physician. My husband was very involved in his patients and their problems and took them to heart. So much for cold doctors.
How long have you heard the story about building a pipe line from fnq south to nsw to vic and sa we have a major issue with recycling if we had some serious Polly’s recycle our plastic manafactur pipe and employ hundreds of unemployed putting in the bloody pipe that should have been done 50years ago instead of sending billions of dollars overseas and stop immigration now till we can sort things out some one send a message to Morrison on his banana lounge in Hawaii I hope he is enjoying himself while farmers are killing them selves while the east coast burns but I suppose we get the poli we deserve the lucky country do you think still the best country on earth and the greatest people
And now, I’m 2019/2020, the fires. These poor people.
You have a good heart. Can you believe the comments from some of these people
Geoff Lawton greens deserts around the world and can do so in Australia right now. He is an Australian.
You can't do much without water, and even Geoff sometimes buys water in ruclips.net/video/Nv1evsqHkaU/видео.html
All the best from Germany 🙏
experienced a drought in the late 50s in the Hunter Valley , So much so that the Hunter river was just pools of water , milkers were hand fed , Mum and Dad did it very tough as did our farming neighbours .
It's now August 2019 while I make this comment. About 20 kms from where I live are around 1000 large square bales of winterfeed for sale. They have been there for 18 months so will soon be worthless due to deterioration. We have had (so far) a very mild winter in New Zealand and there are similar stocks of baleage and hay that are unlikely to be required here before Spring. So who has the foresight to move this resource to where it is so desperately need in OZ?
An American is praying for you. That's got to be hard. Hang in there!
ripp846 says:
"An American is praying for you. That's got to be hard. Hang in there!"
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You forgot to add "thoughts" with it.
And it never worked.
You know that the god never shows up when the things gone bad.
He gets all the credit when the thing gone good.
don't feel sorry for them , they will not change their ways or listen to new ideas or believe that the government has been using geoengineering weather control for over 70 years . they chop down all the trees leaving the country exposed, etc
I'm not a farmer and not a scientist... but would it be possible to achieve some sort of improvement by holistic management as suggested by Allan Savory?
Solution: Spare 1/10th of the farm to dig a bigger, concrete pool of water... per barn. Make sure a tarp is placed above it and it can't be contaminated.
TOTALLY AGREE, IT WILL ALSO SAVE ANIMALS GETTING BOGGED & IF THEY PUMP WATER OUT OF THE DAM INTO TROUGHS WITH A FENCE AROUND THE DAM IT STOPS THEM SHITTING IN THE DAM !!!!!!
it way much serious than can imagine of
Housing crisis, drought, ice.
Droughts as the worst events on all rural communities. I've been there. I just saw this ABC program and it 2023. Still nothing has been done to make it easier for rural Australia in bad times. With the 1975 legislation on farming and manufacturing. Nothing will never be don't till that policy is killed and it seems no Polly will stand up for rural Australia.
Some of the comments below are beyond contempt. Europe isn't like Australia but even there they are suffering. 40C in the UK, no rain for months, power prices through the roof. If nothing is done to sort this mess out 'IT' is going to hit the fan this winter for many. Politicians - bl**dy joke.
The solution is to subsoil plow your land and to build swales and ponds to collect the rainwater. The rainwater will be absorbed into the groundwater and the water aquifers.
Now it's June, any updates on this problem?
Yeh bro. There are over 250 fires burning across Australia with over 10000 hectares burning. Australia has had the worst fires it's ever had in history.
So yeh bro doing sweet down here.
A truly hardworking people - the govt should step in to help soonest possible.
Whats happening to all the wild animals out there. Horses, koalas, kangas, wombats etc Are they dying too or are they finding there own water supply and grass? Who is helping them survive? This is a very sad story, people doing it tough. I did hear that farmers must plant more trees so that clouds of rain will gather over them.
The animals and the plant life will perish. No water, no life. BTW, planting more trees won't bring back the rain. The rain is being stopped by technological means so that the farmers will go broke and then large corporations will buy up those farms for pennies on the pound.
@@nephos100 Like John Steinbecks book The Grapes of Wrath set during the great depression in America.
Yes, it's called 'Disaster Capitalism'. Except now they can make the disasters happen and reap the rewards via their perverted money systems.
i can sense what these gr8 people are facing
Any up date from Australia?
Is it getting better(even just for temporary) or worse?
WORSE
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"WORSE"
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Thank you.
The problem won't stay in Australia.
It's ongoing and will spread to the rest of the world.
It's been warned for 70 or so years.
People just didn't listen.
It's pay back time and i won't be pretty.
WORSE OFCOURSE !!!!!
Rhetorical question really.
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i know wat its like wen we went on to our new farm in 1945 there were 3 sheep and 2 horses and they died of starvation on 1000 acres and even wen it rained did it took a long time before it would carry a lot of stock and in the 1960s it came again and we rode around every day and those couldnt get up or got stuck in dams we shot and dug a big hole to put them and even though i hated leaveing the land im glad in one way or we would have to go through all over again our thoughts are with farmers today
Hope the fore cast rains this weeks arrive and not too late for you all.
Good Documentary! Thanks!
Maybe they should put people down when they can't get up instead of milking them out of everything they own?
Who is predicting the weather and how do they know what's coming
@Rob Roy Hi Rob Roy. Heard of Geoengineering? It's happening right now over our heads and its the cause of the drought. Our drought is being induced by technological means and large corporations are buying up the small farms as they go broke.
Raytheon does the weather modelling that sends the weather news and predictions out to our TVs and radios. Raytheon is owned by the Rothschilds, the banking dynasty family. Considering the weather is now controlled by technological means, Raytheon can tell us what they want, which is a disguised prescription of the weather, pretending it is a consequence of 'global warming'. Global warming is happening but weather control is about the stealing of resources by the stopping of rain.
Australia......., sequel to 'The Martian'.
Chemtrails, they can stop rain, and they can make it rain!
Chemtrails is the conspiracy term used to debunk the actual programs of weather modification. Geoengineering is the correct broad term, under which there are sub types, such as SRM, Solar Radiation Management and Ocean Iron Fertilisation, etc.
@Jamie Nelson What do you mean? What's the dead horse being flogged?
what is holding government from approving and starting building water channels from fn Qld and NT to south. That should be done long time ago. Because when water comes through channels then dams or big water reservoirs could be built and that could make change of an environment save farmers and in fact all country. Lot of unemployed people could have a job and if that is not enough we have lot of people in prisons and they are paid from our taxes so they may be useful and pay their bills
Truly scary. This fate awaits all of us and it wont just be cows getting shot.
This comment should be the top comment.
Hit the nail on the head sis.
Australia is one of 4 nations which export wheat. Wheat production has been falling since 1990, with shrinkage of suitable land. In 2018 Australia imported wheat for the first time. Studies of the Jet Streams associated with the North and South Arctic Poles show why hot, dry winds continue to bake Australia -- the cause is the melting of the Polar Icecaps. Australia is more vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change than any other Continent. Australia could well cease to be a wheat exporter. This is the worst drought since reliable weather records have been kept. However, the Australian Govt does not believe in Climate Change (and it was an election issue in April 2019, when the present Govt was elected).
SEE WEBSITE; EXTENSIVE LIST OF PATENTS GEOENGINEERING WATCH.ORG & DANE WIGINGTON RUclips
there are many reasons for the drought, like deforestation, mining & agricultural waste, damming rivers, etc BUT GEOENGINEERING THE WEATHER BY THE GOVERNMENT IS A MAIN CAUSE !!!!!!!
they will use the land for mining , nuclear waste, etc when farmers go
THE JETSTREAM IS CONTROLLED BY HAARP IONOSPHEREIC HEATERS USED IN GEOENGINEERING THE WEATHER
What we need is to build the modified Bradfield scheme and network all our water resources together. We need a massive expenditure on infrastructure. We need a sovereign fund to take over distressed mortgages from banks and finance houses, and then we need to make our agricultural businesses viable again. otherwise, all our best land will end up in the hands of the Chinese and we may as well begin the revolution now.
The Geoengineers just need to let it start raining again. Alas, that is not their goal.
@@nephos100 Waiting for the next coming of the lord?
@@gryphus64 No, Mr Spork. Care to elaborate on your smart ass comment?
Or on your first comment? What does "all our water resources" mean? If it doesn't rain, where are these water resources?
We must all bow to our chinese and Indian masters
Come on Mr Spork. Sell me on this Bradfield scheme. No idea is too dumb. We live in desperate times.
god damn just build a desalination plant, thats australia not a 3rd world country
They already have...But Desalination requires a huge amount of power and it extremely costly to run. The few that are built are only used to supply cities in extreme drought conditions, not 24/7 because of the power usage.
Worset drought in 50 years what a beat up tipical by the A B C we had a big drought here in southern new south wales from 2001 to 2012 then it rained big and a big flood fown the murrumbidgee river and then 5 wet years in a row after that npw were back on drought again for hpw ever long it is and it will rain again a d it will rain big and then anouther flood which has been happening for hundreds of years in australia thats the way this country is and allways has been
Yes biggest floods I have seen! Lachlan and Central West was incredible. I seen a huge cod swimming across the road between Condo and West Wyalong in 300mm of water !
How tragic that stolen indigenous land has been mismanaged and destroyed in this way. This is a fragile ecosystem - it obviously can't stand up to intensive farming and cattle ranching.
The abos knew this already for centuries
i can remember wen my family came from cohuna in victoria to a small place called mayrung 25 ks from deniliquin nsw in the 1940s my granfather and his sons bought 1 thousand acres and there was 2 horses and three sheep and they died of staravation i f it was not for irrigation now days it would be like that now and 1966 it was my turn to start shooting cattle in that drought cattle were that cheap they wouldnt even pay trucking or argent fees
Austin Ball Hi im from Sydney, Im thinking of leaving this city and moving elsewhere, Do you need any workers on your land? Im a young 20 year old guy ready to work.
My parents lost their family farm in that drought. 50 odd years later my father wanted his ashes spread across his boyhood land of home I'm Victoria's Snowy Mountain doorstep.
I live in Parkes, NSW, we are forecast to run dry by march. Also, for those saying "plant tree" "follow the Chinese example" fun fact YOU CANT PLANT THINGS IN DUST!! The sky is as dry and empty as our rivers and dams. You probably live in the city, have you driven the 6 hours in land and watched the tip soil blow away and get added to another wall of dust?? We need rain and we need it now.
@Alpha omega
@francoise Loffler
China, meanwhile has started ''rain on order'' service in drought stricken areas.
It's a novel idea and can be implemented effectively in some circumstances, but it goes deeper than just a need for rain.
In large scale farms theres mostly a reliance on industrial-ag companies now.
that commonplace reliance is not only an increasing cost for the farmer, but also destroys the land by killing the microbiology/structure within the soil itself. this, along with overgrazing usually, means limited or often no ability to store whatever meagre water one gets - something that australia's delicate ecosystem had evolved to do prior to european settlement/farming methods desertified large swathes of land on the continent. aboriginals understand this on a deep level(hence the 70,000+ years of continued existence).
the culture of bad land management speeds up desertification by killing ground cover and compacting soil, which also means flash flooding increases. this is why whenever there is rain, it effectively disappears (relative to what the farmer would observe).
this leads to a myriad of things such as top soil run off, salinity issues, blue algae issues(look at the murray darling and liverpool plains for prime instances of this), etc etc.
Cooma Greater Region for example used to be bright green - now its mostly barren and brown. this isnt a random occurence.
yes farmers do it tough, no doubt. they deserve respect and ought to be valued by the otherwise disconnected australian populace.
and yes, there is less and less rain which is out of their control, but it isn't due to a lack of empathy or understanding to say whats written above^
yet a prevailing culture within australian farming means often turning a blind eye to their own practices as purveyors of the land.
there are ways to combat/develop serious resilience and in some cases completely drought-proof properties too, and it doesnt start with seeding clouds to rain, it starts with mindset.
Who'd of thunk it, its a bit of a struggle farming cattle in a desert
Where is the solar energy in Australia ??
I would be a chook farmer but it's a crime to own a rooster in town
i know wat its like i had to shoot ours in tough times and dig a big hole bury them
No wonder we discuss Climte Change. Farmers need to diverse. They cash in when te good times however. Many in the city have it tougher but that is never reported.
Never too "proud" to demand and get their multiple handouts, subsidies and grants.
I thought it was interesting how it was mentioned in the doc,that the town once had six butchers in one town,and now theres none. Society has recognize thats half the problem. We have to stop eating meat every day. With the land and energy it takes to raise cattle,we could be using it in much more sustainable ways. Fast food,drive throughs with cheap hamburgers is the American way and made them very rich. It has to stop.I have much empathy for the farmers,they are clever resourcful people and have to figure out something else to do with there land,or get into another business,as hard as it will be.
This is the solution Enormous amounts of land, water , energy have been spent in order to raise animals for their meat .
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Well it isn't really as simple as that, a lot of land can't be used for cropping so instead farmers will put livestock on it.
We just met the hairiest man on Earth
Why are these people 'shocked' that they are in a huge drought? They live in a DESERT!
Once it WASN'T
Damn sun.
Damn CO2....
Damn humans.
Mine was a pun by the way. Like, *worst drought in fifty years*, "Damn son!".
cut down on stock may help
hikurukutai stupid comment
Time to use a few greening the desert methods
Drought solution: see brad lancaster rain harvesting and reclaimed water agricultural irrigation. Israel has been doing it in the desert.
Government if it was the mines they would bend over backwards it's not right kind regards nz
People who chain up their dogs like that should be thrown into jail. No mercy for savages.
Sometimes a cattle farmer must chain up the dogs when you have to work the cattle. Sometimes the dogs attack the cattle and you cant get the work done right because of the dogs, especially if one does corral work,thats why you chain them up.
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>> if one does corral work,thats why you chain them up.
If that had been the case they could have been inside.
Those dogs were obviously chained up next to the house, presumably for their entire lives.
@@DinarAndFriends "Presumably for their entire lives", are you serious? These people are battling and trying to survive and you are carrying on about dogs being chained up. Dogs have the best life on a Farm, get the rocks out of your head.
@@alexandermelbaus2351 Any moderately sane person would understand that chaining a dog up 24 hours a day is incredibly cruel. You are a disgrace to Australia attempting to defend this deliberate cruelty. I strongly suspect that you are an abuser yourself.
@@alexandermelbaus2351 Maybe you have difficulties with basic comprehension. Or do you *genuinely* believe that being chained up 24 hours a day is *the best life*? Either way, please seek professional help before you harm others.
apocalyptic
damn
Apparently climate change will improve farming productivity in Australia by 2050 (according to the UN), but the world still needs to move away from fossil fuels or this will be an all too familiar occurrence.
THE PLANET WILL BE A DEAD ZONE BY THEN!!!!
It appears that we humans are responsible for this:
260. Due to the nature of the geography of the planet, the land, the mountains, the forests, oceans and inland waters, the movements only happen gradually, however, unstoppably, for which the unstoppable and irrational and increasingly excessive overpopulation and its irresponsible destruction machinations and elimination machinations will be around 85% of the cause.
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I have turned to my spiritual studies to change into a true human being and to not be confused seeing all these changes to planet Earth.
A little water can go a long way if it is conserved. Also I think in that situation, I would look to alternative farming options. Which crops (or if possible trees) are most suited to drought conditions. As for this mental health rubbish, that is only for people who cannot see a way out. Look for suitable alternatives for your drought prone land and you`ll be fine.
With respect Pol, I don't think you understand what the farmers are trying to protect. How do you think they made it this far? They know the value of smart farm management.
agree !!!!!
What, like camels and cacti?
EXACTLY !!!!!
Long time ago. Convicts Dump site from england...but now ferugees destination from midleeast..
I feel bad for the wildlife and flora. No sympathy for the farmers who've contributed to this drought by their relentless land clearing and destroying the environment. They're also climate change deniers which make it worse. Now they're asking the taxpayers to bail them out. I say no. Let them leave the land so it can regenerate, we import a lot of our food anyway.
I absolutely disagree. No farmers, no food. The drought is not caused at all by the farmers. It is being caused by weather modification programmes. One of the results of Solar Radiation Management is prevention of rain. This is what we are seeing right now.
@@nephos100 I agree to an extent. The farmers have to change what they grow. Cotton is not a viable crop in Australia. It doesn't contribute to what we eat either. We need to ensure we supply water to crops that give us food and not waste it on water intensive crops like cotton.
@@kev8646 If there is enough water for cotton, I'm fine with cotton. At the moment, we are not really being told exactly which food crops and pastoral extents are failing. If we were told how bad it is, we would rise up in arms. We are also not being told that our weather is now controlled by technology. Read this: our rain is being deliberately stopped. There are a variety of reasons for this. Find them out for yourself. Talking about other details is like swabbing the decks of the Titanic (ie the Olympic) while it's sinking.
@@nephos100 100%true
Everybody should be going to church and praying to God to have mercy on them. Of course people are going to break down without God's strength to uphold them. Why is there drought or flood or hurricane? Because people are enduring under their own strength instead of relying on God and acknowledging Him as the Source of all that is good and right. Are these people God-loving? Who knows. These documentaries don't go into that aspect. I think we are forgetting about God's sovereignty in all things on earth. We have left Him out of the picture too long so now He is waiting for us to come back to Him in earnest. God has left us to our own devices.
Thank you
Wouldn’t the best path to a solution be investment in a lot of big coastal desalination plants and good
irrigation, guided by Peter Andrews’ method?
And for that you need reliable power generation. Not misanthropic Green alarmist destruction. Either coal or nuclear. Not bloody windmills.
And for the bush fires, proper forest management and hazard reduction.
Not barking mad “rewilding”.
I really feel for the farmers ,but its also about growth in Australia these government bumsitters ........build these massive dams ,and canals from the east ,west etc, should have happened a long time ago build the canals with the locks etc and get that water closer.....look at Europe spend the cash nobody is going to complain...🤠
Good idea, Peter..it may just help...question is does government have any money to build those infrastructure??? Even state government????
Just watching documentary other day about Murray River...it dried up completely plus killed tonnes fish due to lack of oxygen in water..wondering if building dams would have helped in this extreme situation..
@Al Pal that's what I mean..it would be sheer waste of capital to build those dams where these drought situation has become more frequent in recent years..they may need something drastic or exotic to turn desert into green..like what Israel did in dry weather..
@Al Pal it's also little difficult for country like Australia where nearly 70% land is desert or waste land and turn it into some agricultural land..unless they find permanent water source somewhere and take it took these places where farming could be possible..I see that next to impossible as well in current climate crisis..
We should be farming kangaroos, camels and emus, not European cows and sheep.
Mate camels aren't Australian.
@@mebith9325 tell that to the camels in the outback bro.
Of course the government is nowhere to be found .... Things never change .
It's amazing how much profit farmers take in the good times, but don't don't do anything to protect against drought in the future. It's not up to all Australian's to bail you out of the shit all the time. How much of your product is exported to China ? Ask them for help.
Wow mate, you clearly don't know shit about running a farm. And a drought is a very long term natural disaster. All the profit the farmers have earned over the good years just slowly drains away as they try to keep their livestock and crops alive.
It was the night of New Year's Eve I decided to ask The Lord for rain because I saw the suffering of the wildlife.
cant believe he financed all those john deere tractors holy crap! thats an expensive way to do business
Thank global warming and the non- believers.
This wasn't a coincidence I have asked Him many times for rain and He sent rain since I was 21 I'm now 61
thats what, cattle. raise renwable hemp, and bamboo
Climate will keep on changing regardless of its causes. Humanity has to live with the climate the best way that is notice+learn+adjust+prepare as we have done long long before any one talk about global warming/climate change.
Was there any mention of climate change and that maybe it'd be wise to stop driving cars?
Maybe I missed it
Did you Know if people didn't kill whales, we'd have less CO2 in the atmosphere, one whale is more effective than 1000 trees. Look it up. This isn't a one thing solution.
Oh BTW stop driving cars?? I live 6 hours away from the city, I'd ride an emu or a kangaroo but they're kind of on the side of the road rn, you Know, no food, no water, the wind rush from trucks knocking them over, too weak to get up...
SO SAD TO SEE ANIMALS GET BOGGED AT WATERHOLES !!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMS ARE DEATHTRAPS !!!
desalinization....
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"desalinization...."
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It's like trying to keep the room cooler by keeping the frige door open.
Or trying to fight starvation by eating your own body parts.
I suggest praying for rain.
I live in Perth, Western Australia and me and my friend pray for rain when rain is overdue. I have been praying for rain since 2010. As result we have had enough rain here in Perth since 2010. Last year we had more rain than usual.
I find praying for rain works best when you pray for rain inside the rain season - not out of season.
We get rain here in Perth 2-4 days after I have prayed for rain. So if you are further from the coast you made need to wait longer for rain after praying for it.
I PRAY to Jehovah God.
What a brain-dead and idiotic solution. It's because of people like you that we aren't more advanced. It's nearly 2020. It's time people stop believing in the bronze Age lies.
@@bausy2196 TOTALLY AGREE ! NO GOD, NO ANGELS, GHOSTS, etc !
HOW STUPID , JUST WAIT TILL THE GEOENGINEERED WEATHER PROGRAM HITS YOU WITH HEAT, DRY LIGHTENING & BUSHFIRES ! WAKE UP !
It’s burning right now we have to stop using our cars and turn of green houses for 3 months cause of global warming ☄️☄️☄️🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️💥🔥🔥💥☄️🔥🌎🌞🌞🌎🌎🌎🌘🌗🌔🌓🌒🌖🌕 we need rain!! 🌧 🌧 🌧 🌧
That won't do a thing. The drought is being caused by deliberate interference in the weather systems. They have the technology to stop the rain or let it happen. For whatever reasons, they are stopping the rain. The sun and the oceans drive our weather.
Your right
But how are we gonna do that?
The government doesn’t even care 😔😔😔😔
@@davechristian7543 Its Called HAARP look it up its a weather modification system that was made in america it can produce tornadoes hurricanes rain in different places etc
Karma
I think eucalyptus trees are cause of this situation u need less this and grow more other kinds of plants