“The farms begin to irrigate rekordtidigt in the year”

“In Blekinge, the lack of precipitation led many growers to produce bevattningsanläggningarna. Already now there are fears for a further year in extremtorkans characters.”

“– In the last year, there came water out of the grusåsarna forward to in July. But now it will not drop. It continues like this, we risk a torrår, which is worse than last year, ” says Hans Hedström, advisor at the agricultural society of the district of Blekinge, to the ATL.”

“Even in Kristianstad, Halland and on the island of Öland, growers started to irrigate. Now required hefty amounts of rainfall to the situation is to end up at a normal level for the summer.”