FARMS FEELING FOOD FIGHT

UK floods damage feed and food crops
AllAboutFeed, July 26, 2007

Farmers feel the impact of the ongoing flood crisis in the UK. The National Farmers Union (NFU) has reported massive crop losses, drowned livestock, and the possibility of the knock-on effects being felt well into the winter months.

Harvest and graded tonnages of seasonal vegetable crops are reported at 50%-60% at present which is sure to affect the industry well into 2008," the NFU warned. Straw availability in the Southwest is also looking to be a major issue this winter - of the straw that is available to bale, the quality is low because of mould. Potato crops across the country have been hit particularly hard, with waterlogged fields preventing machines starting the harvest. Pea crops have been hit in the Northeast and East Midlands, with losses of up to 60%.

Cereal and oilseed crops are reported to be underwater in some areas. The oilseed rape crop in many parts of the country is ready, but again, farmers are struggling to get their machinery onto their waterlogged fields to start the harvest. The barley crop is in a similar situation in the West Midlands, the NFU reported. However, in some areas, the heavy rain and freak hailstorms have battered the oilseed rape crop so much that there is very little to harvest.

The wheat crop appears to have fared somewhat better - the majority of wheat crops across the UK are still set for a reasonable harvest, according to UK cooperative, Grainfarmers. Wheat crop losses to date, from the extreme weather conditions, are limited.

Flood spells crisis for farming (food shortages & raised prices).BBC, Jul 28, 2007

DUCKSPEAKING FOOD FIGURERS

THE RAIN IN PLAIN UK

FOOD AS FUEL STARVES HUNGRY

CHINESE GULLIVER IN AMERICA

ZAMBIA FARMERS FOR FOOD

JOIN MUGABE ARMY OR STARVE

FOOD COMES FROM FARMERS

GOOD FOOD DAYS IN ENGLAND

FOOD TO CRY OVER

POTATOES PLOUGHED UNDER

WHERE'S THE BEEF GONNA GO?

ENGINEERED FAMINE IN ZIMBABWE

PIG TOYS TALE ANTI-EUROPE

DEAD IN THE WATER

METRIC MARTYRS

TAKE NOT OUR DAILY BREAD

MY JOURNEY THROUGH FAMINE STRICKEN RUSSIA, 1933

SOVIET UNION FAMINE EXPOSURE, 1930-1933

MAD COW TERROR

JAMES BOND FOOT & MOUTH

ANTI-NATURE IS ANTI-GOD

FEEDING FREEDOM'S FOES

WORLD FOOD BANK

PREVENTIVE KILLING

FEEDLOTS INSTEAD OF FARMS

HORSE DEATH IN ANIMAL FARM

LOAD 'EM UP, MOVE 'EM OUT, RAWHIDE

FACTORY FARMING COVER-UP

WEATHER & FOOD CONTROL

11.Ministry of Plenty (Starvation) and 9.Keeping Masses Down and 15.Life in Oceania and 27.Goodthink and 22.Doublethink

Jackie Jura
~ an independent researcher monitoring local, national and international events ~
website: www.orwelltoday.com & email: orwelltoday@orwelltoday.com

email: orwelltoday@gmail.com
HOME PAGE
website: www.orwelltoday.com