UK: Storm Ciaran saves winter vegetables

At the end of last week, the east coast of England was hit by Storm Ciaran and many growers were affected by the strong winds and heavy rain that battered the country. Although some areas in Cornwall experienced water-saturated fields, Southern England Farms experienced relatively little damage. “We were lucky because our fields are on gentle slopes and the water drained quickly. It is of course wet, but we have no problems getting the harvesters onto the fields,” said Greville Richards, general manager at SEF. “We stopped harvesting on Thursday due to strong winds that caused health and safety concerns, but we caught up the next day.” SEF supplies products all year round and has now started their winter vegetable programme. This week production ended in Lincolnshire and Greville said orders have doubled. "We are now harvesting cauliflower, ...