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Weather causes UK harvest to be down 29% And rainfall data confirms how wet it has been by Simon Keeling.
Topic Started: 12 Jun 2013, 02:04 PM (187 Views)
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Weather causes UK harvest to be down 29%
And rainfall data confirms how wet it has been



The NFU has carried out a limited survey amongst it members and has found that the total harvested area on the farms surveyed could be 29% down on last years figures.

The data is only for a limited number of farms but with the NFU sighting 'extreme' weather, this shows what an impact the climate can have on our crops.

I've taken a look at the cumulative rainfall data for three weather stations in the UK for the last year.

The first is Tiree (below) in western Scotland where you can see that instead of a surplus of rainfall, there has actually been a deficit (shown by the grey shading).

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Contrast that with Leeming in Yorkshire where rainfall in the past year is running at a 9-inch rainfall surplus

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And then finally Bournemouth with a whopping 14-inch rain surplus.

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Now, it is worth noting that these rainfall figures refer to the past 365-days, and looking at the past 3-months of data it shows a correction underway at Leeming, staying dry at Tiree, but still wet weather for Bournemouth.

What we now need is some perfect farming weather; not to hot, not too cold, not too wet and not too dry, with some 4 to 6-day dry spells to make hay and silage.

I have to say that with weather patterns continuing to want to build pressure to the north I don't think a perfect farming summer is on the cards. But at least so far it's not the wash out of 2012.

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Source ............. http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtvsimonnew.php?ID=772
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