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Bad weather: farmers’ work disrupted by this spring’s rains
Bad weather: farmers’ work disrupted by this spring’s rains
(franceinfo)
Rain fell a lot during the spring. After the drought which overwhelmed them in 2023, farmers are still seeing their work slowed down by these unusual weather conditions, which are not very conducive to livestock farming and crops.
In Panazol, in Haute-Vienne, a farmer crosses his fields, soaked by rain, Thursday May 30. His feet sink deep into the mud, and the trampling of the cattle leaves marks. “These are normally meadows where cows are grazed. They already damaged them when we took them out, they went back again and, constantly, it’s a real quagmire“, regrets Ludovic Beyrand. His cows don’t like wet grass.
His work is paralyzed by the weather. Tractors can hardly get out. “The plot is 12 hectares, and if we count the different places where there is no corn, perhaps on arrival we will be missing half a hectare or a hectare“, continues the breeder. “Last year it was drought. There, we were served.“For market gardening, the season also got off to a bad start, due to the incessant rain this spring.
