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Njengoba isomiso siqhubeka ezindaweni ezibalulekile ezikhulayo, u-anyanisi manje usengozini yokunyamalala emashalofini ezitolo ezinkulu njengotamatisi nokhukhamba. Ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuncipha kokunikezwa kwamanzi, abanye abalimi baka-anyanisi baye banciphisa ukutshala kwabo ngenkathi, okwenza kube nzima kubathengi ukuthi babambe ukudla okuyisisekelo okupheka ehlobo.
I-National Farmers' Union (NFU) ixwayisa ngokuthi ukushoda kwemvula ezinyangeni ezizayo kuzofaka ingcindezi abalimi baka-anyanisi ababhekene nayo, ikakhulukazi e-East Anglia lapho ihlobo elome kakhulu eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-30 lishiye isifunda “sesomiso” ngokusemthethweni. Umlimi oyedwa omkhulu eSuffolk uhlela ukunciphisa ukutshalwa kuka-anyanisi ngamahektha angaba ngu-400 ngenxa yezikweletu eziphakeme kakhulu zamandla kanye nobungozi bokuqhubeka nesomiso.
Ukushoda kwemikhiqizo emisha ebonwe ezitolo ezinkulu emasontweni asanda kwedlula kungaqhubeka kuze kube yihlobo, kusho i-NFU. Nakuba uhulumeni ethi ukushoda kwemifino kwamanje kufanele kuxazululwe kungakapheli inyanga, abalimi bakatamatisi namakhukhamba bayaphikisana nalesi sibikezelo. I-Lea Valley Growers Association ibikezela ukuthi amasheya angase angabuyeli kwesejwayelekile kuze kube uMeyi, futhi ukushoda kuka-anyanisi kungasho ukushoda kokugcina "ngaphesheya kukaMeyi kuze kube yihlobo."
U-anyanisi waseBrithani utshalwa ikakhulukazi eLincolnshire, East Anglia, Bedfordshire, nase Kent, kodwa abathengisi sebeqala ukubheka enyakatho ukuze bathole izinto ezitholakalayo ngenxa yezinkinga e-East Anglia. Naphezu kwalokhu, akubona bonke abathengisi abathwala kanzima ukugcwalisa amashalofu abo. Abanye abathengisi abazimele sebeze babika ukwanda kwebhizinisi njengoba abathengi bengakwazi ukuthola imifino abayifunayo ezitolo ezinkulu beza kubona kunalokho.