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: 14.1°C
Humidity: 86%
Wind: 15.2 mph (190°)
Observation time: 2026-05-19T10:15
Snapshot stored: 19 May 2026, 9:28 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: 19 May 2026, 9:28 a.m.
- Bluetongue: latest situation 2026-05-18T14:59:54+01:00 Overview of current bluetongue cases, risk level, vaccinations and restrictions.
- New reforms to stop waste criminals from exploiting loopholes 2026-05-18T00:01:00+01:00 Stricter background checks to be introduced for waste carriers
- 13 new bathing sites open across England helping communities and waterways 2026-05-14T22:30:01+01:00 Designated sites include first-ever site on the River Thames in London
- Environment Agency Board members' terms extended 2026-05-14T15:07:15+01:00 Each member will continue in post until January 2028
- Environment Secretary in Northern Ireland for UK–EU Reset talks 2026-05-14T12:47:30+01:00 Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds visits Northern Ireland to highlight how a UK-EU food and drink deal will cut red tape, lower costs and keep trade flowing.
- Government ramps up plans to protect Britain’s pig sector against African and classical swine fever 2026-05-14T11:38:32+01:00 New strategy launched to strengthen UK preparedness against African and classical swine fever
- New fertiliser regulations to back British farmers and cut pollution 2026-05-12T15:11:35+01:00 New plans aim to support British farmers by improving supply resilience to global market shocks and supporting innovation in the fertiliser sector.
- New £3 million Centre to help grow healthy gardens 2026-05-12T01:00:00+01:00 A new National Centre for Environmental Horticulture and Plant Health will help to protect the UK’s 23 million gardens
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: 19 May 2026, 9:28 a.m.
- 13 new bathing sites open across England helping communities and waterways 2026-05-14T22:30:01+01:00
- Environment Agency Board members' terms extended 2026-05-14T15:07:15+01:00
- New fertiliser regulations to back British farmers and cut pollution 2026-05-12T15:11:35+01:00
- New £3 million Centre to help grow healthy gardens 2026-05-12T01:00:00+01:00
- Call for evidence launches on pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways 2026-04-16T09:55:07+01:00
- UK scientists unite for seabed survey off the south‑west coast 2026-04-15T09:01:52+01:00
- Crackdown on water companies delivers record funding to restore harm done to waterways 2026-04-13T22:30:03+01:00
- Threatened species set for major funding boost 2026-04-09T22:30:00+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: 19 May 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Items in feed: 3
- South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren Flood alert
- Tidal Fal Estuary Flood alert
- Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir Warning no longer in force
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: 2026-05
- 3-month sum (mm): 59.8
- Z-style index: -2.291
- Empirical percentile (3-month total): —%
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: 19 May 2026, 9:28 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: 19 May 2026, 9:28 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