Rain is storing up future problems

12:03pm Thursday 25th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter

THIS constant rain is proving disastrous to us farmers, with hundreds of acres of field beans to harvest, mainly for cattle feed.

The potato harvest is particularly problematic. The heavy two-row harvesters are drawn by two tractors, where as one usually suffices. This costs more fuel, if you can go at all.

The sodden ground makes ploughing and wheat drilling virtually impossible. We have not seen the worst yet, if winter cereals and rape (too late for the latter) cannot be drilled soon.

So what of next year’s harvest, as spring- sown crops do not yield as well? Oh, for a grain mountain or two.

‘‘Lakes’’ are appearing in fields where water has never stood before, so at least the seagulls and herons are enjoying themselves.

Slugs and snails are in abundance too, so no shortage of food. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

There will be a shortage of spring seed, too, as barley and spring wheat are not grown in quantity, although some spring rape is grown.

Pamela Frankland, Hull Road, Dunnington, York.

Comments(13)

Fat Harry says...
1:57pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Which is a very long-winded way of saying, "food prices are about to go through the roof again."

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ColdAsChristmas says...
5:09pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Correct Fat Harry, but that won't affect a huge amount of that crop from being subsidised by the government and turned into Ethanol that will be mixed with petrol to wreck your petrol engine by stealth. Even starvation won't distract government from meeting their 2020 renewable targets!

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capt spaulding says...
5:30pm Thu 25 Oct 12

I bet they dont have to sell their Range Rovers..............
can I hear a violin wailing.

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PinzaC55 says...
6:37pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Sounds like an argument to grow Rice in Paddy Fields.

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ColdAsChristmas says...
10:31pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Good idea Pinza, if there is a strain suitable for our cool climate? Talking of climate, I think you will find the green mafia after you for growing rice. Did you know that rice production gives off Methane and that Methane gas is 23 times more potent than CO2 per value!
Get ready for the Arctic Blast!

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CHISSY1 says...
9:07am Fri 26 Oct 12

capt spaulding wrote:
I bet they dont have to sell their Range Rovers..............

can I hear a violin wailing.
"No that will be you wailing about food prices.Obviously you know nothing about
farming."

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capt spaulding says...
1:05pm Fri 26 Oct 12

I dont know anything about Range Rovers other that nearly all Farmers have them or similarly large road going vehicles.

How exactly do you ascertain I know nothing about farming ?
You the wise one and font of all knowledge with opinions on everything including how to bore us all to death.

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CHISSY1 says...
1:32pm Fri 26 Oct 12

"Coming out with the garbage that you do
its obvious you know nothing about farming or much else for that matter".

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ColdAsChristmas says...
3:37pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Well at least Range Rovers are built in the UK, even if their profits go to India with a nice little bonus from our foreign aid!

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capt spaulding says...
5:23pm Fri 26 Oct 12

CHISSY1 wrote:
"Coming out with the garbage that you do
its obvious you know nothing about farming or much else for that matter".
Hook line and sinker, you couldnt resist.

Humour doesnt do much for you then.

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Seadog says...
7:50pm Fri 26 Oct 12

I'm not a farmer but I do regularly travel between York and Linton on Ouse; which is quite difficult at the moment thanks to the flood damage at the Newton end of Kyle Bridge. The circuitous route currently undertaken by Stephenson's buses certainly reveals acres of sodden pasture and lingering "lakes". Thus I consider, from the visual evidence available to me, that the letter writer does have a valid point.

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Magicman! says...
1:42am Sun 28 Oct 12

ColdAsChristmas wrote:
Correct Fat Harry, but that won't affect a huge amount of that crop from being subsidised by the government and turned into Ethanol that will be mixed with petrol to wreck your petrol engine by stealth. Even starvation won't distract government from meeting their 2020 renewable targets!
Isn't that target something that has been set so we don't get fined some stupid amount from the EU, who set europe-wide targets to be met so America is happy that everybody is buying into their massive lie?

I think, considering it is pretty much a 90% possibility that a certain facility in the north of the USA is responsible for gradually worsening summers from 2008 and beyond, that they should be fined several billion pounds for damaging our economy due to rain damaging crops in the way stated by the letter writer... But it'll never happen because our government is too feeble to actually stand up and say something like this is bang out of order.

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capt spaulding says...
10:42am Sun 28 Oct 12

Magicman! wrote:
ColdAsChristmas wrote:
Correct Fat Harry, but that won't affect a huge amount of that crop from being subsidised by the government and turned into Ethanol that will be mixed with petrol to wreck your petrol engine by stealth. Even starvation won't distract government from meeting their 2020 renewable targets!
Isn't that target something that has been set so we don't get fined some stupid amount from the EU, who set europe-wide targets to be met so America is happy that everybody is buying into their massive lie?

I think, considering it is pretty much a 90% possibility that a certain facility in the north of the USA is responsible for gradually worsening summers from 2008 and beyond, that they should be fined several billion pounds for damaging our economy due to rain damaging crops in the way stated by the letter writer... But it'll never happen because our government is too feeble to actually stand up and say something like this is bang out of order.
Some good points here, not all i can agree with but an interesting opinion.

Just to add to it, When Mount St Helens dramaticly exploded more Co2 was pumped into the atmoshere than the entire British industrial Revolution. ??

I dont believe the green lie consitantly being force fed to us. Not when rational science tells us that the earth regularly swings back and forth warm and cold and did so well before Man came on the scene.
NO its just an excuse to tax us more.

What say you CHISSY1. ?

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