Help us highlight the impacts of drought on British farming

15 May 2026 3 minute read

As the 50th anniversary of the 1976 drought approaches, we need your help to show the impact of dry weather on farms.

The 1976 drought was the driest summer since 1772 and since then the UK continues to experience volatile weather conditions.

Using the media and our social media channels, we will show that the “drought of the century” was not an isolated event but a re-occurring and devastating issue. With your photos, we will be able to illustrate this.

If your farm has been affected by extreme heat during any point from 1976 until today, please share any images of this with us using the form below:

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Highlighting the impact of drought

With severe weather events undermining the resilience of the agricultural sector at every turn, the NFU has long called for more to be done to mitigate against the impact of extreme weather.

We want to use the anniversary to highlight that even though we are fifty years on from one of the biggest droughts in recent history, dry weather is still having a devastating impact on farming.

So, whether you have photos of the farm you grew up on, or those of the farm before you farmed it, please send any images showing the impacts of dry weather that you have to us.

Advice for farmers

Visit our dry weather information page for advice and up-to-date news.

Help is also available via our adverse weather toolkit, preparing and supporting you both before and after extreme weather events.

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