"Col" wrote in message
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"EUROGROW" wrote in message
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I'll try not to turn this thread into too much of a whinge, but do
people
realise how crop and food production is influenced by the weather. Here
are a
few examples.

Spring this year. Prolonged dry period. restricted crop growth and
nutrient
uptake. effect yield decrease resulting in higher flour prices and
higher
bread
prices.

wet period july 25th-31st. grain ripe and ready to harvest. does not
like
getting wet. tends to think its time to grow again. problem as its still
attatched to stalk. effect damages quality of already low yielding
crops.
increases flour price etc etc.

Dry autumn. Impossible to get any crop to grow. has everyone noticed how
grey
the countyside looks at the moment. no green and pleasant land. effect
is
surely to limit crop growth for next years harvest.

Fag packet estimate today that the weather has cost my business £25,000
this
year. Is there any other industry that is so vulnerable to the elements.

Oh, I'm sure you'll be compensated for it.
Just like every other bloody time something nasty happens to the farmers.

In six of the last eight years dairy farmers earned less than the average
minimum wage, and saw their net worth, (value of business etc) fall by an
average of £70,000, which probably means their over drafts rose by something
similar.

if you are so sure of being compensated I can pretty well guarantee to find
you a tenancy somewhere :-)

Jim Webster

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
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