Rising surface temperatures

le bon paysan

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Food shortages coming , last thing the world needs is a widespread drought.
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bluebell

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if it keeps getting dryer in the spring here in the south of the UK every year, what can we grow? Even the small river that borders one of my fields is barely trickerling along?
 

C.J

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The Grand Solar Minimum is also delaying planting across the Dakotas, too.

“The weather has been a little bit strange,” said Paul Thomas, a farmer in north-central North Dakota.

“We were looking at a really early spring. In fact, we actually had our drill hooked up, ready to sow seed [in mid-April] before the snowstorm hit … We got hit with 40 inches of snow and it sure changed the outlook for spring work,” explained Thomas.

That Easter blizzard wasn’t a one-off, either — it was chased by additional snowstorms, an incredibly rare feat for April.

“The thing about this April storm compared to some in the past is we’ve stayed so cold since we’ve had the snow,” added Thomas. “We’re going on 12 days now, and we’re still looking at major snow banks and fields that are 60% to 70% covered with snow yet.”

Water-logged and/or snow-buried fields are still common sights across North Dakota, and with the calendar now showing May, Thomas is calling it a race against time before the planting window closes: “We’ll plant corn all the way out until about May 25,” said Thomas. “That’s kind of our drop dead date, but we try and get it all in by May 10 to May 15.”

However, a frigid weather outlook for the next two to three weeks is dampening any remaining hopes.
 

le bon paysan

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India to ban Wheat exports next week due to heatwave and drought.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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