UK farming could be ravaged by new diseases in climate crisis

UK farming could be ravaged by new diseases in climate crisis

New diseases brought on by changing weather patterns could impact Britain's plants and animals, a dairy farmer has warned. National Farmers' Union deputy president Paul Tompkins told The Independent: "The UK is not well-prepared for emerging diseases. "As our weather patterns change, we are going to be impacted by new diseases for our animals and our plants that we haven't come across before." The recent "explosion" of bluetongue in North Devon …