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    Re: Mass crop failures expected in England as farmers demand hosepipe bans Archived Message

    Posted by Ken Waldron on August 14, 2022, 5:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Mass crop failures expected in England as farmers demand hosepipe bans"

    "Here in the west midlands there has been a ban on pumping water out of the river for about a month but I'm told the big potato farmers have been ignoring it because the fine if caught by the Environment Agency is only £20K whereas the crop will be worth ten times that and worthless if not watered. I would be surprised if the EA have any clout to go after farmers or enough resources to monitor what happens anyway, their budget having been axed so brutally since austerity days..."

    -There's a ban on the river that flows near us likewise: almost unheard of in this area...and the tattie crop area here is massive: we don't talk farmers but "Tattie Barons". They can though get around the low levels by pumping up from the aquifer: believe it or not our farm uses an old 1950 Rolls Royce engine with the RR logo on the front...still in use.

    -Just typed that and the thunder has started.

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