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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Year’s worth of British bread lost since 2020 amid extreme weather – analysis

The news comes after previous poor harvests (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

Wheat production is down by the equivalent of more than one year’s supply of British bread in recent years amid increasingly extreme weather, an analysis of UK harvest data suggests.

The UK has seen a total deficit in wheat production of more than seven million tonnes between 2020 to 2024, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

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