Drought Leaves UK Beef Farmers Scrambling to Feed Hungry Herds
On David Barton's beef farm in the picturesque Cotswolds in western England, months of heat and drought have left his 200 head of Salers, Herefords and Sussexes with nothing but parched fields to pick at.
"Look, it's dust," he said, kicking the ground. "This is what you would see in the (United) States or in Australia. You don't see this in England, this is ridiculous."
It's the result of England's driest spring in more than 100 years and the driest January-July period...
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