Tag: Drought

With a real danger of widespread drought across England lasting into 2026 without significant rain over the winter, the NFU ...

A leading brassica grower has called the UK season a “write off” due to the hot weather and a shortage ...

As the National Drought Group (NDG) classified the current water shortage in England as a nationally significant incident, growers pointed ...

Experts from the University of Birmingham have warned that this summer’s dry weather ‘may be a harbinger of drought and ...

More than 150 farmers and growers in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire will be able to resume abstraction after the NFU ...

David Denny, Director of Research and Insights at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), said: “UK environmental horticulture is a £38 ...

The recent hot weather has caused experts to warn of the increasing risks to UK food production caused by the ...

The Environment Agency have launched applications for a new round of specialist water assessments today (4 June), supporting farmer groups ...

ADAS has been working with the Met Office Hadley Centre on research funded by Defra’s climate service on food, farming ...

Long-term drought contingency planning should become the norm both for individual grower businesses and for the sector as a whole, ...