Precipitation very distributed, where did the most fall?

Heavy rain and thunderstorms passed over our country last weekend. Locally, these heavy showers again caused flooding. Other areas got virtually nothing. Where did the most precipitation fall?

The sunny and dry weather since the start of June has given growers another chance to complete the final field work. This was successful in many areas, but last weekend's showers threw a spanner in the works for some growers. For example, there were heavy showers in the southeast and the north of the Netherlands, such as in the vicinity of Eindhoven and parts of Friesland where locally more than 50 millimeters fell. Also in Drenthe there were heavy showers again, after there earlier this week thunderstorms in the east had wreaked havoc. 
 

Crop tour plots are saved again
Little damage is reported from the precipitation on the Crop Tour plots. They seem to have avoided the heaviest showers, such as the plot in Kimswerd (Friesland). The weather station recorded 30 millimeters, while 60 millimeters fell a few kilometers away. The Gewastour plot in Someren (North Brabant) also avoided the heaviest showers, because more than 50 millimeters fell further on. According to Mark de Beer, the damage was nil: "It was a nice rain shower of 30 millimeters for the plot. The next morning there was nothing left between the rows."

In other parts of the country, growers would have liked a little more. With the sunny weather and higher temperatures, a lot of water evaporates and a reel in the field is needed again in some cases. The Crop Tour plots in Oeffelt (North Brabant) and Ysselsteyn (South Limburg) were just at the intersection of the rain showers and have not received much lately.

There is a lot of variation in precipitation on the plots at Martijn Derikx: "There are plots where a few millimeters fell and others where 35 millimeters fell. Fortunately, there is no damage, but these are unpredictable showers." The precipitation of the other Crop Tour plots can be found on the homepage of the Crop Tour. 

Jesse Torringa

Jesse is an editor at Boerenbusiness and focuses in particular on the arable farming sector, including grain and onions. He also closely follows the fertilizer market. In addition, Jesse works on an arable farm in Groningen with seed potatoes as the main branch.

j.torringa@boerenbusiness. Nl

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