Dry April Hinders UK Winter and Spring Crops
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“that will come as a welcome relief to farmers after a dry and windy April. Some parts of the country, notably in the east of England, had between 2 and 4% of the expected rainfall last month.”
“Edward Vipond is Farms Director at Trosten Farms in Suffolk, covering nearly 2,700 acres across four sites. I'm in the field of Spring Bali and I think the word is patchy. Lack of rain, four millimetres in April has not helped.”
“is patchy. Lack of rain, four millimetres in April has not helped.”
“How much rain would you expect in April? We'd be in the 35-40mm there's a rule. We're just way off that and having had that on top of a fairly dry March. We're in a better place than we were last year but it needs to rain in May. What impact did the dry spring have on the farm financially? Last year we were devastated. We were at least 30% down on winter crops.”
“we were devastated. We were at least 30% down on winter crops. if not more on spring crops and we had a real problem with beet moth in the sugar beet as a result.”
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