Due to Drought: Massive Food Failures in Tyrol
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The heat summer shows how strongly Tyrol's agriculture suffers from the climatic changes and what consequences this can have for farmers, animals and crops. The results show that this summer was particularly difficult.
Massive failures occurred this year, mainly on grassland, affected meadows and silage maize as important feed for animals. Nordtirol recorded crop losses of up to 50 percent, in East Tyrol it was up to 70 percent.
The drought is difficult for the Tyrolean farmers, especially in the grassland economy. It is considered inevitable that the grasslands - as in fruit and vegetable farming - must also be covered.
The harvest year was a balancing act against drought for many Tyrolean farms. While grassland and alpine pastures suffered from heat, fruit farmers and direct marketers score with quality. A look at the balance of a challenging agricultural year in East and North Tyrol. INNSBRUCK. Less grass on the meadows, lack of water on the alpine pastures and below-average yields at Silomais: The agricultural year in Tyrol was marked by drought and heat.
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