Britain Importing NZ Vegies due to their lousy Summer.

[JennyLeez]

A miserable British summer means the country is turning to New Zealand for help in bolstering its onion supplies.
A wet summer has meant vegetables like peas, potatoes and onions, which would normally be grown in British soil, are having to be imported from various countries around the world.
And New Zealand has come to the rescue in the form of large cooking onions.
The onions are being shipped more than 18,500km across the world to keep up with buyer needs in Britain, the Daily Mail reported.
Argentina has also been shipping over their onions.
Farmers have said they are struggling to grow their crops because of the wet weather and a lack of sunshine.
Waterlogged soil has also prevented growers from planting and harvesting crops.
Broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts and cabbage are being imported from countries such as Guatemala, South Africa, Israel and Portugal.
Israel was supplying potatoes and Kenya was supplying runner beans.
British Growers Association chief executive James Hallett told the Daily Mail that the UK onion season had been a bit slow to come this year because the plants had not been getting enough sunshine.

NZ Herald.

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[RobertHH]

We now have a bit of sunshine and blue sky, much to the relief of the farmers, but it's too late for many crops such as potatoes which have rotted and others which are similarly effected or not germinated. If we have a month of dry weather or dryer weather, the crops such as wheat and barley will be ok but a lot of the fruit crops will not be very good. Hopefully our loss, will be a gain for others
but I hope that it is not a case of shortages and higher prices in the supplier countries, just to supply us.

[Weather Display]

what happened to the prediction it was going to rain till september?