‘Many Crops Will Fail’ Under Water Ban, Scottish Farmers Say

Workers at East Lothian produce harvest a field of sprouts in Dunbar, Scotland, on Nov. 25, 2020. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scottish farmers say they are fearful that restrictions on taking water from rivers imposed in parts of the country “will now be the end for some,” and that the decision will affect the vegetable sector for “weeks and months to come.”

On Saturday, Scotland’s water environmental agency SEPA banned farmers from abstracting water from the River Eden in Fife, east Scotland, saying that levels had become “critical” amid the ongoing heatwave.

‘Complete Crop Failure’

Major farming union NFU Scotland told The Epoch Times that the areas were some of the most important for farming in Scotland and that “without water for these crops growers will now have complete crop failure.”