Drought conditions already hitting UK crop production, farmers say

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• j4yt33@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s fine, we can just take some clean water from our rivers… Oh wait

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• drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Good job we have free trade with our closest neighbours… oh.

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  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A free trade agreement wouldn’t make any difference, we’re all fucked either way.

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    • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It makes us the least appealing country to export food to, when countries can sell to their neighbours more cheaply and quickly due to zero customs fees or procedures.

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• eyes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s been pretty dry in my area, we haven’t had a proper rain for few weeks. It does worry me.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not a headline you’d ever have expected to read about the UK.

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  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Speak for yourself. The climate’s a bit fucked in case you hadn’t noticed. Each year now I wonder: is this the year we face the first famine? (Of the many to come, until most of us are dead?)

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      When I was young (a very long time ago), the UK was very much associated with rain. If you’d ask any non British person what they think about when they hear about the UK, the answer would have been tea, polite people and rain. I guess at least the first one still holds true.

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    • stembolts@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They are speaking for themselves.

      The UK is known for rain, so it’s unexpected to see the UK missing rain.

      Like, you objected to… ^ that. Confusing.

      £££££ £££££ £££££ £££££ £££££

      Off-topic starts here. There is no need to be hostile at a benign comment as there are plenty of dumb people who have earned that hostility.

      How you reply to other comments will let me know which you are, given this comment it’s not looking great… but I have hope it’s a one-off ill moment.

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• console@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  All Jeremy Clarkson’s fault. if it weren’t for his show there wouldn’t be a draught!

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not sure what this comment’s about, but also, fuck Jeremy Clarkson.

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    • console@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      my comment was pure satire

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  • Zip2@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This isn’t about his beer.

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    • console@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Whoops!

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• matelt@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There was a massive drought a couple of years ago and it took a long time to recover, I think we barely managed to get back to normal, so it’s very concerning it’s happening again.

  Hopefully we learnt some lessons from the previous one about abstraction and emergency licencing. Time will tell.

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• Zip2@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been following this guy for a while now, and this video sums it up well.

  youtu.be/vs2QbOyRc2Q

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• Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s a cool photo, from 2022 apparently though, not this year.

  Give it a couple of months and they can take photos for next year’s drought lead up…

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