Disastrous fruit and vegetable crops must be ‘wake-up call’ for UK, say farmers

1. 2024-07-03 at 6:11 PM UTC

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   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Disastrous fruit and vegetable crops must be ‘wake-up call’ for UK, say farmers
   
   

   The country suffered the wettest 18 months since records began across the 2023-24 growing year, leaving soil waterlogged and some farms totally underwater. The impact on harvests has been disastrous. Data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs shows that year-on-year vegetable yields decreased by 4.9% to 2.2m tonnes in 2023, and the production volumes of fruit decreased by 12% to 585,000 tonnes.
   
   Scientists say that climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is likely to bring more extreme weather to the UK, including more frequent floods and droughts.

2. 2024-07-03 at 8:49 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   You can't please some people..one year they're whining about droughts the next year they're whining about soggy carrots...fucking Brits.
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3. 2024-08-08 at 3:48 AM UTC

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   Elbow African Astronaut
   Wow. That's crazy.