"We are hoping we don’t get any more extreme weather and will finish the season on a high."
The weather has not been kind to Irish farmers so far this year. Earlier in the year they had the wettest March/April on record with 140mm of rainfall recorded when the average for the time of year is 25-30 mm. This meant that growers could not sow the crops and a gap in supply was predicted. Soils were saturated, so sowing did not happen as planned.
The rain did stop but led to a
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