Weather

Australia’s farmers continue to reel from the devastating power of Mother Nature as New South Wales (NSW) was deluged by the most destructive floods in more than 40 years. Bruce Jobson reports.

The Environment Agency has warned parts of northern, central and eastern England to prepare for significant flooding this week

A weekend of heavy rainfall and strong winds following the tail end of Hurricane Zeta has seen farmland ravaged by flooding.

There is no doubt 2020 will be remembered as a year of extremes. And not least because of the weather; flooded one minute, drought the next. 

Flood-hit farmers are set to benefit from a £6 million funding pot, to help with recovery efforts.

A physiotherapy career is not a natural precursor to farming, but Hannah Darby has brought insights from outside agriculture back to the family farm. Chloe Dunne reports.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen how Covid-19 has impacted lives across the UK, affecting every aspect of how we live, work and socially interact, says Chris Lewis, a farming specialist at Marsh Commercial. 

They say be careful what you wish for. We had been hoping for a break in the weather to get stuck in to some jobs and, crikey, we have been busy with fertiliser spreading, spraying, tanking, ploughing, subsoiling, power harrowing, drilling maize and spring barley, staff training, fencing and a few cows to milk. Even the dog is shattered.

It’s May 1 already. How this strange and troubled year is flying by, which is amazing given all the events and shows we had planned to visit are now just a passing thought as the dates get closer on the calendar. Very disappointing.

We have now almost completed the spring work, with spring barley coming through the ground fairly evenly and its top dressing of fertiliser being applied at the end of last week.