€1 Billion in Drought Damage to Agriculture: Corn, Potatoes and Sugar Beets Affected
AgrarMarkt Austria expects the grain harvest to fall 19% as heat and drought also damage corn, tomatoes and cattle feed.
- On Aug 11, scorching heat across Austria stunted crop growth and forced farmers to bring cattle down early from parched Alpine pastures, leading to early slaughter for some livestock.
- Dairy farmer Johann Fessl, who heads an association of pasture-based cattle farmers in Upper Austria, cited sustained high temperatures and no precipitation for weeks as drivers of the crisis.
- In Leonding near Linz, greenhouse growers Barbara Stemberger and Fritz Hummer reported severe blossom-end rot affecting their 30 varieties of tomato. "We can no longer sell them as they are," Hummer said.
- AgrarMarkt Austria expects this year's grain harvest to shrink 19%, while Farmer Roland Radner cut most of his corn early due to poor yield and desiccated stems.
- Some Alpine pastures now stand empty of cattle as farmers absorb higher feed costs; the drought's impact signals broader agricultural strain across the European region despite isolated crop successes.
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Europe’s hot summer stunts Austrian crops, prompts rush to slaughterhouse
By Lisa Leutner SPITAL AM PYHRN, Austria, Aug 11 (Reuters) - This year's scorching European summer is hurting agriculture even in water-rich Austria, where the heat has stunted crops' growth and cows are being brought down from parched Alpine pastures...
Europe's hot summer stunts Austrian crops, prompts rush to slaughterhouse
SPITAL AM PYHRN, Austria, Aug 11 - This year's scorching European summer is hurting agriculture even in water-rich Austria, where the heat has stunted crops' growth and cows are being brought down from parched Alpine pastures and sent to slaughter early, farmers say. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The closure of waterways and watering bans due to the drought are causing hundreds of millions in economic damage. This is evident from research into the consequences of a similar very dry summer in 2018. The agricultural sector and transport were hit hardest then. At that time, the damage to the Netherlands amounted to at least 900 million euros. The Statement of the Day reads: Drought damage falls on the Dutch plate.
Good morning! The drought is lasting so long that news segments like this will probably report the first real rain as news soon. Forests…
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