While many accommodated sunlight in the spring, farmers around southern England face increasing concern about the effect of a dry talisman extending on their crops.
With a few expectations in the coming days, many fields are struggling, as crops that are planted earlier this spring fail to germinate in the increasing soil. For farmers like Colin Rainer, who run the Stubings Farm in Maidenhead, the situation has already a serious impact on the possibilities of the return.
Riner said that the spring barley he planted several weeks ago “hardly grows”, leaving him hope at the end of the week. “We had a very wet winter,” he told the BBC Berkshire Radio. “I think we have 90 days from the rain from November to the end of February. Then I just stopped.”
He added: “The Earth has dried up very quickly. We have passed cold temperatures, but then very hot lunch times.” “In the morning, I got two jumping players and lunch, I got my shorts and my shirt. By 3 pm, the bird appeared again.”
Rainer, who was planting for 50 years, says the weather has changed “significantly” at the time. “It seems that we get periods of extreme wet and then hot and very dry periods.”
His fears were echoed throughout the region. In Newbury, farmer George Brown is also fighting the development of uneven crops. He said: “There are a lot of crops that were planted early, but we have large parts – especially on the top of the hills – where they are completely barren. They are sitting there, and they are waiting for the rows of germination.”
Last fall, many farmers were unable to grow winter crops at all due to constant rains and integrated fields. Now, the challenge turned, as rainfall is limited in danger.
Dr. Paula Tossi, an expert in crop science at the University of Reading, said that the transformation in seasonal patterns makes farmer planning difficultly difficult. “Agriculture really depends on seasonal weather patterns, and that has changed a lot,” she said. “It is very difficult for farmers to decide what should be drilling and where their crops are cultivated.”
However, she indicated that average -range prediction improvements provide farmers with more flexibility. “Farmers can increase their plans increasingly with improved predictions – but this does not help when the weather cannot be predicted.”
With the presence of narrow margins and the cultivation of narrow windows, farmers say they are increasingly dependent on favorable weather patterns – and now, many pray simply for rain.