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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

‘On a knife edge’ – hot dry spring threatens arable harvest

Arable crops have struggled in the hot dry spring (Emily Beament/PA) -

Farmers could be facing another terrible harvest after the hottest spring on record and the driest conditions in decades, analysis warns.

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) think tank warns climate change is already having a “devastating” impact on farmers, food security and shopping bills, and the recent extremes will have a negative impact on the harvest.

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