UK is not making grass when the sun shines

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As a result of the hottest and fastest summers in the record, farmers in some parts of the UK are reporting a decrease in grass production by 50 % or more. Do you care? Not at all. Why do you Most of you do not live in the UK and none of you eat grass, so what’s a big deal? Let them eat cum branch!

In fact, one of the reasons is that we should all care about the grass crisis in the British islands. A century ago, when the workers in the coal mines went to work, they took the cannabis with them. Why? Because if the dangerous lack of oxygen occurs deep underground – usually because the methane was leaked in the ear – the Canary Song will stop. When the miners saw that the poor little bird had fallen in his cage, whose small feet pointed to the Canary Paradise, they knew that they had to get out quickly or to rotate.

Grass and cannery

Is the reduction of grass production to the UK and the world for the “coal mine” moment? May be. According to Scottish farmerIn the eastern part of the UK, grass production was less than 50 %, but in the western part, the record produces records due to favorable rainfall samples.

Andrew Mansburj, president of the British grass and Straw Merchants Association, believes that dry, hot summer supply and grass are strict. He told Scottish farmer“In the east of the country, straw crops are below one -third, which is usually obtained. When I talk to the farmers, they explain that the dry year means that they do not have a straw volume.

“The price to go to the east is about £ 100 per tonne for the former forms of the straw, £ 90/t quality. The initial dry crop means that everything was inflicted in perfect conditions. Farmers in the east were aware that the straw was looking short and I decided to do something else.

“The weather has targeted the grass farmers. Whatever cuts in the early season, it will be of good quality, but in the middle of the summer, anyone trying to make grass will only be released from the gray poles.

Grass prices rise

He said that some grass is coming from France to the Premium Horse Market in the UK, which is a difficult task for importers who have to handle the value of imported paperwork required by the aftermath of the Brexit rules. Then there are physical obstacles to deal with it. The continent’s burden has been banned to see how high it can be on the pier of goods in the UK, which has increased the challenge and will cost more.

Agriculture traders and farmers told BBC Recently those who have been able to produce the grass have been “seriously limited” this year. Oli Morris, a grass trader in Burkeshire, said he was struggling to meet consumers’ demand after dry spring and summer. “The recent rains have not helped compensate, and many farmers said it’s too late,” because their late weather crop is slightly higher than brown poles in the fields where the grass is usually increased.

Morris said he had to look for alternative suppliers to fulfill the orders, but his lack “is a nationwide problem. Scotland and Wales are coming from grass, but we cost us from these areas. We are trying our best for our customers to find it where we can.”

Research from the Energy and Claimat Intelligence Unit shows that the UK is on its fifth largest crop after the record began. Farmers have been using winter shops to feed their livestock this summer because the spring was very low in the spring that the grass was low to graze.

Weather or climate?

Richard is a professor of crop manufacture at the University of Reading. He told BBC“As scientists, we talk about the future of climate change, but we don’t talk enough about what has already happened.” He explained that “the grass will increase slightly in the wet year, but in a dry year it will stop growing completely. […] Climate change is disrupting the historic sample of the rain and it is evident that every year is different every year.

Ellis said long -term studies show that “the growing capacity of grass has declined greatly over the past 80 years.” So is it another case of farming that is another risk of being a profession that comes with considerable financial risk, or is it a sign that the climate is changing and maybe it’s time to do something about it? The answer, of course, depends on who you ask.

If you put this question on Chris Wright, now the billionaires, head of the US Department of Energy, are a gift from God that has removed billions from poverty. He also preachs that carbon dioxide is a good thing because it is a photo of a photo -saturated, which develops plants, which makes our farm eat animals, which means that when we sit at the dinner table, we can eat plenty of beef and pork.

Yahoo News Has a different approach, one that is mostly in accordance with thinking Clean Technica Readers say: “UK’s grass deficiency has been the only example of the effects that rising global temperatures have been widely read on industries, and it indicates such challenges that when the heat is getting more severe, the world will face rapidly.

“For decades, experts have warned that leaving large amounts of heat -trapped pollution into the environment will increase global average temperatures, which will make the weather more severe, such as heat waves. However, those who have ever had educational estimates about the remote future have become the current reality.”

Tipping points

When people change how they think or believe it, it is usually because they have reached an important place. Think about it like Siso. Take two people with equal weight and place them at both ends of the imagination, and the board between them will be perfectly balanced. But if a bird descends on any of them, it can affect a slight extra weight balance and send one end to the ground all the way.

That fantasy bird is like a canal in a coal mine – a small warning sign that has many results. The debate between the weather and climate will continue for some time – in which fossil fuel companies will be widely paid for those who want to protect their profitable taxes. But someday – maybe when we expect it at least – a tapping point will reach. After that, the answer will be so clear that everyone will say, “Of course it is climate!”

The price of grass in the hymrich may not be an important consideration in your life, but it is a part of the accumulation of human knowledge that will eventually lead to the rejection of foam fuel and accepting renewable energy. It was time for focus on fuel – such as blacksmiths and hybridasers – and we are very debtor of their progress since the beginning of the industrial revolution.

But now we have alternative sources of energy, which means not polluting the environment or turning our valuable fresh water supply into cespeols. Just because we worked in a hundred years ago, there is no reason why we cannot differentiate work today. If this means that some people will be financially backwarded, so the rest of us will be able to achieve development. You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs, so let’s crack!

Dan Alard is a hat -tip, which is an original grass farmer and knows about one or two things about the agriculture business.

Jess Zheng’s prominent photo