Posted on 07/26/2021 9:27:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chinese farmer Cheng wades through knee-deep water, pulling dead pigs behind him one-by-one by a rope tied around their ankles as he lines up the bloated carcasses for disposal.
More than 100 of Cheng's pigs drowned in floods that paralysed China's central Henan province last week, and the outlook for those left alive is bleak.
"I'm waiting for the water levels to go down to see what to do with the remaining pigs," said the 47-year-old farmer from Wangfan village, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of provincial capital Zhengzhou.
"They've been in the water for a few days now and can't eat at all. I don't think even one pig will be left."
Cheng's farm is one of thousands in Henan, famous for agriculture, and pork production in particular. The province was struck by heavy rains last week that sparked the worst flash flooding in centuries, catching many by surprise.
"In an instant, we now have no way of surviving. We have no other skills. We have no more money to raise pigs again," Cheng, who has raised pigs all his life, told Reuters at his farm on Sunday.
"This is as if the sky has fallen."
Across the village, where most of the 3,000 other residents also raise pigs or chickens or grow grain, people were clearing debris left by the receding floodwaters.
Some carted out wheelbarrows and crates of lifeless chickens. Dead pigs lay bloated in the water, tied to trees to stop them floating away. Parts of the village smelled strongly of mud and rotting carcasses.
At least 200,000 chickens and up to 6,000 pigs were lost in the flood, half of the village's herd, farmers told Reuters. Across Henan, rains have deluged 1,678 larger scale farms, killing more than a million animals.
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Bad harvest is a bad time for the government.
Seems to be a lot of flooding right now globally.
How very sad for these farmers. A lifetime of work gone in one storm.
Maybe someone is building an ark somewhere. Would be a good time to reboot the planet, especially since evil is running rampant on the planet without any serious counter.
yes there is. ..and they’re blaming it on Climate change of course. I rather think Gods reminding people what happened in Noah’s day. Plus the LGHBT have stolen His rainbow...so there ya have it.
RE: Seems to be a lot of flooding right now globally.
Yes, mostly in Asia and Europe. But here in the Western part of the USA, we have a different and opposite kind of problem -— RAGING WILDFIRES !!
The CCP has lost the mandate of heaven.
Sell them to the Wuhhan Bio-warfare lab and Fauci; no doubt they can weaponize swine fever.
Yes. A severe imbalance of moisture.
Bring it on. My family is right with the Lord.
China is advanced in science, engineering and nanotechnology, to name just a few fields of endevor.
Even still, they cannot stop the floods that are destroying lives and ways of life.
Mildly Off Topic:
I used to hear that China had a huge imbalance of young males to females as a result of their One Child Laws.
To keep these youths from rebelling, the goverment would have them work on constructing enormous cities where no one was working, completed homes where no one was living.
With a bit of cholera thrown in, just for kicks.
I love the top photo of the Democrat Party leaders when the “insurrection” comes. Piglosi; Chuckypig; Maxine Waterpig; AOC (Aquatic Oinking Commie); Dunkin’ Durbin; Omar the Bloated; Tlaib of Twisted Tail; Hogjawls Johnson; Crispy Clyburn; and Underwater Warren.
karma is a witch(with a B)! They unleash a bio-weapon upon the west and then they get Mother Nature in their face. BUT, I’m sure biden will be taking our hard earned dollars to save them so that hunter can get more coke.
Prepper ping
China is about due for a cholera and/or typhoid fever outbreak. They haven’t had one, at least they haven’t reported having one for a long, long time. Dead pigs floating in rivers and sewage-contaminated drinking water are perfect for transmission of these two diseases.
Oh, a reboot is coming !
No doubt about that.
Isn’t globalism grand?
Sooner or later, the Chinese will implement their science, engineering, and artificial intelligence programs
to update their archaic socialist programs of agriculture, maximize land usage, and advance in areas of scientific animal husbandry.
It matters little that you have all the scientists, engineers, and electronics geniuses if they can't find enough to eat; basic nutrition and food is the fuel for the brain.
lee martell :' Mildly off topic: I used to hear that China had a huge imbalance of young males to females as a result of their One Child Laws.'
Yes, that used to be the governments emphasis in terms of limiting their population.
However the demographics have changed and now China is asking it's population to have three (3) children per family as the general population is getting much much older,
and there are fewer younger workers to support their elderly population and still continue its burgeoning economy.
Also, China is employing its "Belt and Road" economic strategy throughout southeast Asia, which involves setting up seaports and colonies,
and then encouraging the frustrated males to inter-marry in the new colonies and ports, thus strengthening the Chinese influence in these new areas.
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