Category Agricultural Alert

Hosepipe ban for Ireland as heatwave simmers on

A nationwide hosepipe ban will be imposed across Ireland from Friday as the heatwave continues.   Irish Water announced the ban will come into force from 8am, saying Ireland is trying to “manage with the summer”.   A hosepipe ban…

British supermarkets begin RATIONING vegetables after bad weather in Spain decimates supplies of lettuce, broccoli and courgettes

Tesco has been forced to ration lettuce supplies in some stores, while online stocks are severely depleted VEGETABLES are being rationed in supermarkets across the UK after storms and snow in Spain decimated crops, causing a supply shortage.   Signs…

Entire crops decimated by freak hail storm in central west New South Wales, Australia

Thousands of hectares of grain crops in New South Wales have been decimated in a freak hail storm.   A number of storm cells ripped through the central west on Friday night damaging crops, felling trees and ripping rooves off…