As I write this week’s blog post, I am distracted by the view from my picture window– fluffy snowflakes falling–and I am resigning myself to several more days of winter (the long-term forecast is ugly). Many farmers must be worried about seeding by now, and livestock producers are struggling with the weather as well.
But Canadian producers, you are not alone in your misery. As you may already know, U.K. farmers have been laboring through a long winter, too. They’re no strangers to spring snow, either, but a severe storm left sheep producers digging ewes and lambs out of snow banks. Now they’re worried that the extended winter will delay pasture growth, too.
Unfortunately, bad weather isn’t the only challenge in front of U.K. livestock producers this year.
