Best of 2007 – Arable Farmer Focus columnist quotes of the year on weather

Our Arable Farmer Focus writers always provide an entertaining take on farm life each week – here’s a selection of their best comments on WEATHER.

“Winters are getting warmer and wetter – in other words more miserable.” Steve Bumstead (5 January)

“I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to global warming, but the seasons do seem to be all over the place.” John Jeffrey (9 February)

“We are moving through winter without experiencing any of the consistently cold weather we normally expect.” Andrew Hunter (23 February)

“It has been dry for six weeks and no rain at all is predicted for the next two.” Hendrik Visser (27 April)

“We have had 366mm of rain since the beginning of May – quite unbelievable for our part of the world.” Mark Ireland (27 July)

“We reached our annual rainfall on 20 July, although I did not expect the final 5.5in of it to fall on that day.” Richard Ward (3 August)

“After a summer of nearly constant rain I now need more.” John Jeffrey (21 September)

“A recent Yale University research paper claimed Canada would be one of the few countries to benefit from global warming.” Richard Crewe (23 November)

“We’ve made little progress with harvesting potatoes for a month, with temperatures down to -4C and 5cm of snow.” Andrew Hunter (30 November)