murciagull
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just had our 42 2cnd day with temperatures above 30 degrees and I think it rained once about 16 days ago, still its started to cool down a bit now so musn`t compalin
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The Weather this Summer....
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murciagull
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wouls still swop it any day for a trip to roots hall tonight though
Dave the OAP
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just got back from 2 weeks cruising around the Eastern Med and didn't see a cloud in all the time we were away. Cyprus , Dubrovnik and Rhodes all over 100 degrees......then back to 18degrees C....shock to the system
Uncle Spielberg
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In February we got a couple of days reaching 20C, this week we have had 3 days when the temperature did not reach 20C. January is this country gets regular temperatures of 14-15C and in summer its a couple of degrees warmer so we do not get seasons anymore. The person who said this year was the coldest for a century is way off, its been an above average year probably 20th warmest out of 100 due to the ridiculously warm temperatures Jan-Apr
Storer68
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You think you've got problems with yopur chillies and tomatoes.
cop this
Farmers fear for harvest after wet summer
12:00pm Wednesday 13th August 2008
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By David Jeffels »
FARMERS in Ryedale are worried that the wet summer is likely to result in poor cereal crops and a dramatic loss of income.
Arable farmers say yields are expected to be down because of potential delays in getting into the harvest fields.
John Harrison, of Duggleby High Barn Farm on the Wolds, said yesterday: “It is a very, very frustrating harvest time.” He said that while some farmers had been able to combine crops, many others hadn’t, or had large numbers of straw bales still waiting in the fields.
His 100 acres of cereals was not expected to be ready for harvesting until next week but other farmers with winter barley crops had been repeatedly rained off and as a result the quality of the crops was deteriorating. Wheat was especially at risk because poor quality grain meant it was not suitable for bread-making and often had to be used for animal feed instead. Farmers have seen prices fall back dramatically, said Mr Harrison.
Last year’s were better because of the worldwide shortages, but they had now fallen to little more than £100 a tonne. The crisis was being aggravated because drying costs of grain had risen along with diesel fuel prices and fertiliser had soared a massive 350 per cent to more than £500 a tonne.
There were further problems for tenant farmers whose rents had been increased. “You have got to be very dedicated to stay in farming today,” added Mr Harrison.
The secretary of the Ryedale branch of the National Farmers’ Union, Rob Hicks, said: “It is still possible that the weather will come fine, but of course our members are worried.
‘‘Farmers don’t want to be harvesting wet crops because of the huge cost of drying it out. It is only the middle of August so it’s too early to be too concerned just yet.”
Rosie Dunn, the North East regional board chairman of the NFU and a past chairman of the North Riding county branch, said: “The position is getting serious.”
At her family’s farm in Stockton-on-the-Forest, all the winter barley had been harvested and the straw bales gathered in, she said.
However, for those with oil seed rape crops the wet weather was a big worry with little prospect of an upturn.
“Until the past week, crops both at home and abroad looked promising. Those who had got winter barley harvested found they had done very well but the longer the wet spell continues, the more difficult it will be because the land is so wet which will make it difficult for combine harvesters to get into the fields and they risk getting stuck.’’ She forecast that farming faced a hectic time when the weather does improve because farmers will have to cope with not only the normal cereal crops, but oil seed rape and similar crops as well.
“We shall all be working round the clock. But if the weather does take up we can shoulder the work load,” said Mrs Dunn.
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Farmers fear for harvest after wet summer
12:00pm Wednesday 13th August 2008
Comments (0) Have your say »
By David Jeffels »
FARMERS in Ryedale are worried that the wet summer is likely to result in poor cereal crops and a dramatic loss of income.
Arable farmers say yields are expected to be down because of potential delays in getting into the harvest fields.
John Harrison, of Duggleby High Barn Farm on the Wolds, said yesterday: “It is a very, very frustrating harvest time.” He said that while some farmers had been able to combine crops, many others hadn’t, or had large numbers of straw bales still waiting in the fields.
His 100 acres of cereals was not expected to be ready for harvesting until next week but other farmers with winter barley crops had been repeatedly rained off and as a result the quality of the crops was deteriorating. Wheat was especially at risk because poor quality grain meant it was not suitable for bread-making and often had to be used for animal feed instead. Farmers have seen prices fall back dramatically, said Mr Harrison.
Last year’s were better because of the worldwide shortages, but they had now fallen to little more than £100 a tonne. The crisis was being aggravated because drying costs of grain had risen along with diesel fuel prices and fertiliser had soared a massive 350 per cent to more than £500 a tonne.
There were further problems for tenant farmers whose rents had been increased. “You have got to be very dedicated to stay in farming today,” added Mr Harrison.
The secretary of the Ryedale branch of the National Farmers’ Union, Rob Hicks, said: “It is still possible that the weather will come fine, but of course our members are worried.
‘‘Farmers don’t want to be harvesting wet crops because of the huge cost of drying it out. It is only the middle of August so it’s too early to be too concerned just yet.”
Rosie Dunn, the North East regional board chairman of the NFU and a past chairman of the North Riding county branch, said: “The position is getting serious.”
At her family’s farm in Stockton-on-the-Forest, all the winter barley had been harvested and the straw bales gathered in, she said.
However, for those with oil seed rape crops the wet weather was a big worry with little prospect of an upturn.
“Until the past week, crops both at home and abroad looked promising. Those who had got winter barley harvested found they had done very well but the longer the wet spell continues, the more difficult it will be because the land is so wet which will make it difficult for combine harvesters to get into the fields and they risk getting stuck.’’ She forecast that farming faced a hectic time when the weather does improve because farmers will have to cope with not only the normal cereal crops, but oil seed rape and similar crops as well.
“We shall all be working round the clock. But if the weather does take up we can shoulder the work load,” said Mrs Dunn.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
That kind of puts it into perspective, here are we moaning about our chilis not ripening or our tomatoes not being up to scratch, for some people their whole livelehood is dependant on the weather to ripen their crops.
Pretty pink fairy
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- Jan 30, 2008
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just arrived back from kusadasi , f*** me it was raining when we got back into Lewes
never mind after 7 days of near 100 degree temperatures it was just what we needed 
never mind after 7 days of near 100 degree temperatures it was just what we needed 
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,366
Must be a nightmare for the seafront traders.
