Natasha2 replied on 24/07/2018 08:55
Posted on 24/07/2018 08:55
Amber alert and stay indoors, you must be joking. It's another gloomy miserable day here and it's been raining. Really fed up.
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Heatwave what heatwave!!
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replied on 26/07/2018 22:11
Posted on 26/07/2018 21:47 by TinwheelerThat’s a typical news story you’ve repeated, Rocky. Rather, it’s non-news as it’s no change from any other year, as you said.
The weather is a lifesaver to the media at the moment as there’s so little else to report.
Tinwheeler replied on 26/07/2018 22:50
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 27/07/2018 06:39
brue replied on 27/07/2018 07:56
Posted on 27/07/2018 07:56
The Gov publish all crop, animal yields and holdings every year, HERE the costs will be higher this year in some places due to the effects of the weather. It's good to see we are major producers in the EU at the moment. A lot of southwest farmers are boosting feed due to parched grass just now.
Another hot day here in Somerset and another day with a low percent forecast of rain.
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 27/07/2018 08:09
Posted on 27/07/2018 07:56 by brueThe Gov publish all crop, animal yields and holdings every year, HERE the costs will be higher this year in some places due to the effects of the weather. It's good to see we are major producers in the EU at the moment. A lot of southwest farmers are boosting feed due to parched grass just now.
Another hot day here in Somerset and another day with a low percent forecast of rain.
Posted on 27/07/2018 08:09
Fair comment Brue👍🏻. I’m not anti Farmer at all. All Govt’s of all colours have squeezed the Farming industry & offered state aid for generations. It is now a way of life. A lot are now ‘Agri-businesses’ not mere farms. They have become very rich indeed. For every winner is a loser, not many Farmers shout that they’re the ‘crop yield’ winners. . . .It just doesn’t pay☹️
Oneputt replied on 27/07/2018 08:37
Posted on 27/07/2018 08:37
Most of the cereals harvested here, no disruption due to heavy rain and crops not bashed down by strong winds so its not all doom and gloom. I expect that the sugar beet will get enough of the moist stuff before harvesting from October and March so we can expect a bumper crop there.
Oneputt replied on 27/07/2018 08:39
brue replied on 27/07/2018 08:47
Posted on 27/07/2018 08:47
I was thinking, Rocky, maybe you live in an area of industrial scale farming but a lot of the uk has much smaller farms. Sadly we've seen council owned starter farms sold off round here making it harder for new farmers to get going. Things don't pay well either because the sell on prices for yields are not realistic, so we get cheap food but we subsidise it. Although I'd rather we had plenty of our own food than be dependent on other countries?
That is the end of the Farming Programme from me, now off to the chiller section in the supermarket where everyone complains it's cold....
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 27/07/2018 10:39
Posted on 27/07/2018 08:47 by brueI was thinking, Rocky, maybe you live in an area of industrial scale farming but a lot of the uk has much smaller farms. Sadly we've seen council owned starter farms sold off round here making it harder for new farmers to get going. Things don't pay well either because the sell on prices for yields are not realistic, so we get cheap food but we subsidise it. Although I'd rather we had plenty of our own food than be dependent on other countries?
That is the end of the Farming Programme from me, now off to the chiller section in the supermarket where everyone complains it's cold....
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 28/07/2018 08:12
Posted on 28/07/2018 08:12
Heatwave?, it’s really over(here) now👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊. Good light show overnight, the water butts are 4/5ths full. The pool(paddling) is even topped up😂😂. The acid lovers are perking up. The air is cool now & not stifling. . . .All is well in my world👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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