Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28641
Agriculture: Floods
Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent flooding on agricultural productivity; and whether he plans to provide funding to help farmers improve drainag
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe 2023 to 2024 Autumn and winter season were the wettest in 30 years, this meant that many farms in affected areas experienced difficulty cultivating or grazing over that period. The primary impact of this on agricultural productivity is a shift from wi...
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