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Northernlights last won the day on April 20 2022
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N.E. Scotland South Side Moray Firth 100m asl
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Managed to finish sowing this morning before an afternoon of strong winds and heavy rain and hail showers. Hope the promised high appears this week as it is just like a midwinters evening here with a northerly wind howling down the chimney . Currently 8c after an afternoon of mostly 6c due to all the hail showers.
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SW Saltire SW Saltire Never seen it like this before but surface conditions very deceptive plenty of tales today of machines sinking suddenly inapparently dry looking fields and then having to leave large areas to dry out more before attempting sowing again .My own contractor was nagging me to go today but patience is needed. Must be down to excessive rainfall totals from last October till now. Sower arrived this evening ready for early start tomorrow as no one else would go today with high water tables being blamed in lower Moray just above sea level Thankfully we are on a hill and the water flows away from us.
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Fine drying day again very windy and 16c maximum ground surface looking very dry. Tractors going into fields however finding soft wet spots especially in low lying areas with high water tables near the sea and rivers. Farming community under a lot of stress with the worst for anyone lambing or calving outside in the last few weeks Just odd fields being sown round about today mainly sandy south facing ones on gentle slopes.
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Another dull damp day. Climate extremes are very real to farmers. Watching my estate today carting tonnes of soil back up a tattie field from last year which was washed down some bad gully erosion channels into the big ditch at the bottom . Breaking up tattie fields just after harvest may be made compulsory in terms of cross compliance if the head of SEPA gets his way .I have to say I agree with him. In the interests of balance found this very interesting from The Independant especially when we are being asked to do carbon audits and a lot of the time we are found to be recycling carbon and not creating more as farmers. How airlines greenwash the skies WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK Fancy a quick flight to Barcelona, but worried about your carbon footprint? No problem. Despite aviation being responsible for between two and three per cent of all carbon emissions, many airlines are claiming that...