Cereal yields are predicted to be down as much as 16 per cent on last year as the deluge experienced in recent weeks makes crops more difficult to get out of the ground.
However, Michael Hennessy, Teagasc’s head of crops knowledge transfer department, said there will probably be a 15 or 16 per cent drop in the amount of cereal produced this year compared to last year.
Barley and wheat make up the majority of the crops planted on tillage farms in Ireland with most of it ending up being used as animal feed.Mr Hennessy told the meeting that the weather in July has been the wettest on record in many places and “it’s really causing havoc out there”. With more rain due this weekend, the wet weather is not expected to significantly lift until the start of August.
He said he is not a climatologist and did not know whether climate change is behind the weather seen this month when asked by The Irish Times if there is a link.
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