The German drought apocalypse hasn’t arrived

The country is getting drier, but grain yields have held up surprisingly well. And there may be opportunities in warmer summers.

Dear Reader,

I spent much of my holidays looking out the window and wondering when the rain would stop. Suffice to say, I wasn’t anywhere near Germany.

We drove from the Rhine Valley up to the northwest of Scotland in late July — and didn’t see a cloud until we were within a few miles of my home village. I barely saw the sun after that. A high-pressure sy…