Contents tagged with weather
22 May 2020
The closure of the food service industry for almost two months now has reduced demand for meat and grain products. The impact of coronavirus on meat and dairy production will likely translate to a fall in demand for feed grains.
2 February 2023
Useful advice to help livestock farmers, deal with, or plan for, water supply disruption.
27 May 2020
Strategic Farms across England give us a snapshot of how the 2020 grazing season is going for them so far.
5 May 2021
Deep-rooting crops that are good to fill the summer grazing gap also help to improve soil structure and fix nitrogen.
26 February 2020
Nutrient management plans need to account for the loss of nitrate from sodden soils and crop condition
13 July 2021
Looking forward into the new year, an important focus for new crop prospects will be weather related news and its effect on crop conditions.
13 July 2021
The consistent wet weather has caused major delays to drilling for 2020 harvest. Farmers are likely to be weighing up alternative spring options at present, of which oats could be one.
16 January 2024
Information on feed, contamination, housing and health during flooding
13 July 2021
As rain continues to fall across the UK, progress in winter plantings remains hampered. According to the Environment Agency, England received 143% of the long term average rainfall in August-October, making 2019 the third wettest year in the last 20. Furthermore, rainfall in November has totalled 101% of the long term average so far.
28 November 2019
Spring block calver Keith Davies tells us how he’s been affected by the recent wet weather
1 April 2020
Sam Jones, Worcestershire sheep farmer, talks about the impact the wet weather and flooding has had on his sheep - feeding, tupping, welfare.
13 July 2021
An early recording of GB planting intentions for the 2020 harvest suggests a sharp fall in winter crops, largely because of the extremely wet weather throughout the autumn planting window.