Drought in Portugal can produce livestock production
As the drought in Portugal prolongs a little throughout the country, if the water reserves. Farmers and livestock producers do the math without knowing if they will be able to feed animals or start crops for the next few months.
According to the Instituto Português do Mar e da Chuva (IPMA), the rain forecast for this Sunday will not help to solve the problem and there is no forecast of heavy rain for the month of February.
The fields, this time of year, which are about to be green, are now dry. Lack of rain for agriculture and livestock in Bragança.
Mirandese bovine animals that feed on green pasture now receive forage, or that only increase as expenses.
As the producers’ budgets get thinner, the rise in prices presented to the consumer becomes more and more certain.
Drought has an impact on the quantity and quality of fodder for the animals, which forces producers in the Coimbra region to use feed.
In Dornes, the flow of the river Zêzere dropped 9 millimeters.
The Castelo do Bode Dam is one of the largest in the country and is responsible for supplying water to 3 million people in the greater Lisbon region.
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