14 rain-soaked tweets to sum up the mood of harvest
Frustrations are starting to mount as a series of weather fronts continue to deliver a drenching to crops in Scotland, Wales and the West Country.
While harvest is progressing well for many in the typically dry East, and numerous yield records have been broken so far, this harvest has suffered anxious setbacks for growers in those rain-battered parts of Britain.
We’ve picked 14 tweets to illustrate the mood of growers and agronomists who are praying that the sun soon returns.
See also: Harvest 2015 round-up: Rain dampens progress, but yields look good
6.5 inches of rain so far this August, now officially wetter than 2012. #harvest15 @FWharvest
— Jeremy Oatey (@JeremyOatey) August 25, 2015
@JeremyOatey @FWharvest don’t worry about 2012 you need to think back to 2008 #harvestincornwall pic.twitter.com/QHt1rEGOdZ
— Chris Bond (@chrissyboybond) August 25, 2015
Back in the workshop today. Struggling to find motivation when I know it’s going to rain again later!
— Jon eayrs (@Jeayrs) August 25, 2015
@sfbowditch @FWharvest tomorrow’s job is getting the corn dryer fired up.😡🔨🔧
— rodney down (@RodneyDown) August 24, 2015
Too wet for straw. @JamesHRimmer @DavidJShepard @CliftonAlan #harvest15 @FWharvest pic.twitter.com/vWByiiu7Bb
— Tom Ashby (@TomAshby0) August 25, 2015
@alexdeakin any sign of this jet stream moving north! Harvest is painful 😞 #harvest15
— Stuart Russell (@stumrussell) August 26, 2015
Combines racing to get the wheat in before it rains again #Lincolnshire #harvest15 pic.twitter.com/QDHX18MCEg
— JAMES MASON (@JEMGARDENS) August 25, 2015
@FWharvest @FarmersWeekly not wishing to appear pessimistic, but all the wheat is not yet #inthebarn #harvest15
— Andrew Watts (@hertsfarming) August 25, 2015
#harvest15 starting to get a little frustrating now. #happyfarming
— James Thompson (@farmerThomo) August 26, 2015
I’m a farmer get me out of here! ☔☔☔ #harvest15 #wetwetwet pic.twitter.com/zh9JhxqQu3
— Ally Hunter Blair (@Wyefarm) August 26, 2015
Wheat was 22.5 at 2.30. Thought we’d have a look at teatime. Probably not…. pic.twitter.com/hVVLBpmtMw
— Richard Boldan (@RBoldan) August 25, 2015
Seems for everyday of cutting there’s two days of rain! #harvest15 #mightfinishbyxmas
— John Ordidge (@johnny1_760) August 26, 2015
Lovely August day for crop walking! Blackgrass on the move! ☔️💨 pic.twitter.com/RwEmYx844s
— Ben Abell (@agronomist_ben) August 26, 2015
Morning off ahead of an all nighter harvesting #potatoes. Need to catch up after the rain we’ve seen over the past few days @FWharvest
— Ben Cavill (@benjamincavill) August 26, 2015
Someone’s got the right idea today!! When is this rain ever going to stop!! pic.twitter.com/74dttb54hG
— Guy Taylor (@theguytaylor) August 26, 2015
Join the harvest conversation on Twitter by following @FWharvest and using the hashtag #harvest15.