Agricultural intelligence
Reference weather, policy, resilience, flood, and commodity context from cached public feeds and official sources, shaped for quick agricultural review.
Information only — not a statutory alerting service
This area shows cached third-party feeds and Mallport summaries for agricultural context. It is not a replacement for Met Office or Environment Agency statutory products, Floodline, 999, or other official emergency channels. Watch-zone and push alerts are heuristic and may miss warnings or notify when official products disagree — always confirm on the provider’s site.
Reference weather (UK)
Overcast
Temperature: 21.8°C
Humidity: 57%
Wind: 6.3 mph (281°)
Observation time: 2026-08-17T11:30
Snapshot stored: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
Weather data by Open-Meteo (no API key; attribution required).
DEFRA headlines (GOV.UK)
News and communications from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) Snapshot: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
- PM: Farmers should not carry the risk of a changing climate alone 2026-08-14T22:30:05+01:00 Farmers across England will receive new support to help manage the impact of prolonged dry weather, including a £65 million funding boost, as the government steps up its response to the ongoing drought.
- Livestock keepers urged to be on high alert and consider vaccination as Bluetongue cases rise 2026-08-14T12:01:52+01:00 Bluetongue virus infections continue to rise due to favourable weather conditions
- More areas in England declared in drought after record dry July 2026-08-10T17:55:25+01:00 National Drought Group met today as 71.3% of England now in drought
- Minister visits Port of Tyne to support plastic pellet clean-up 2026-08-10T13:57:25+01:00 Marine Minister Stephen Morgan visits Port of Tyne to see first-hand the ongoing response from volunteers and multiple agencies to plastic pollution incident
- Four men arrested for illegal waste dumping at infamous Wigan site 2026-08-04T15:40:49+01:00 Arrests form part of Environment Agency ongoing investigations
- Robot revolution hits the fields as £20 million funding announced 2026-08-03T15:49:00+01:00 £20 million up for grabs to develop farm robots and automated systems that can plant, tend and harvest crops
- Appointment made to the Marine Management Organisation Board 2026-07-30T11:51:36+01:00 Marsha Ramroop confirmed as new member
- Drought declared in half of England 2026-07-29T12:57:17+01:00 Seven areas of England now officially in drought after record low rainfall and exceptionally high temperatures.
Headlines are automated from GOV.UK; always verify on the official site.
Official sources
Quick links alongside the feeds above.
Drought, water & resilience (GOV.UK)
Second Atom feed for drought / water / environment keywords — advisory context only, not a warning service. Snapshot: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
- PM: Farmers should not carry the risk of a changing climate alone 2026-08-14T22:30:05+01:00
- Livestock keepers urged to be on high alert and consider vaccination as Bluetongue cases rise 2026-08-14T12:01:52+01:00
- More areas in England declared in drought after record dry July 2026-08-10T17:55:25+01:00
- Four men arrested for illegal waste dumping at infamous Wigan site 2026-08-04T15:40:49+01:00
- Drought declared in half of England 2026-07-29T12:57:17+01:00
- New support to help farmers thrive for generations 2026-07-16T10:30:34+01:00
- Targeted support for North East clean energy project to create thousands of jobs and power Britain's green future 2026-07-14T11:48:00+01:00
- New penalties introduced in crackdown on water companies 2026-07-06T22:30:01+01:00
Markets & commodity context
Signposts to AHDB and official statistics — not trading advice; verify licensing for your use.
AHDB markets and prices
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board — UK market commentary and datasets.
AHDB cereals & oilseeds
Sector outlooks and price dashboards (verify licensing for your use).
AHDB dairy
Dairy market indicators and analysis.
Rural economy statistics (GOV.UK)
Official agriculture and rural economy statistics portal.
Flood warnings snapshot (EA)
Live list from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring API — advisory only. Always verify on Check for flooding. Snapshot: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
No flood rows cached yet, or the source is disabled.
Rainfall & drought-style context
3-month rolling precipitation vs recent history at the site reference grid (Open-Meteo archive). This is not statutory SPI or an official drought status.
Recent 3-month rainfall is notably below the recent baseline for this grid — monitor official drought and water resources guidance.
- Last window: 2026-08
- 3-month sum (mm): 73.6
- Z-style index: -1.946
- Empirical percentile (3-month total): 4.4%
Empirical percentile of the latest 3-month total vs prior rolling totals in this window — not SPEI/SPI from a parametric distribution.
Map: OpenStreetMap contributors · precip: Open-Meteo.
Warning context map
UK reference point, your saved watch zones (if any), optional “use my location” for this browser only (not stored until you add a zone on My intelligence snapshot), and — when NSWWS is enabled — Met Office issued warning areas from the cached GeoJSON feed (advisory overlay; verify on the Met Office site).
Met Office severe weather warnings (public RSS)
Official Met Office syndicated feed for the UK region (or custom URL in site settings). Met Office warnings for UK Snapshot: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
Official Met Office RSS; users must be able to open the full warning on the Met Office site. Confirm syndication terms with counsel before production use.
No warnings cached yet or feed disabled. Staff must enable the source and run refresh.
Met Office — always confirm the live warning on their site.
Severe weather / warnings (operator feed)
Licensed or internal mirror only — not a Met Office product. Snapshot: 17 Aug 2026, 10:43 a.m.
No warnings cached or feed not configured.
Soil moisture (reference grid)
Open-Meteo forecast layer (0–7 cm). Not a regulatory soil moisture product.
Commodity price trends
Cached series from your operator JSON feed. commodities.json for redistribution (rate-limited).
widgets.json
· commodities.json
· spec.json