Hav The harvests come two weeks early because of drought, Waitrose said in summer it was preparing to store autumn fruits.
According to the supermarket, farmers who provide supermarkets harvest wheat, oil seed rape, oats and malt barley. Combined with hot air, the lack of rainfall caused the crops to compete in the growing stages and to mature early.
The data obtained from the Environmental Agency, published on Thursday, revealed that the UK’s river flows are below normal and continued to fall.
The rainfall was scarce, England has received 1 mm rain as a whole in August. Southeastern England is especially dry: as a whole, it received only 2 mm rainfall, 3% of the long -term average (LTA) for the moon. Britain received only 14% (10mm) of August LTA 19 days later.
“Drought conditions meant that plants were stressful, and in response to this, they competed to produce their seeds to produce their seeds before the previous harvest.”
The team had managed to reduce some of the worst effects of drought because they applied regenerative agriculture, which said the soil was kept better and kept water for a longer time.
Adam said: ız We see that our lands have a higher water -retention capacity that helps our lands to resistance to excesses, while increasing the organic matter content of our lands with our agricultural practices (covering plants, animal husbandry).
Waitrose said he expected apples and strawberries to be on the shelves for up to two weeks. Jessica Street, a supermarket apple receiver, said, “This year we have made an early start to the apple season, and thanks to the ideal spring conditions and a warm temperature during the growth season, it accelerates the ripening process for many fruits such as apples.”
However, although apples benefit from the weather, the situation is gloom for vegetables that require too much water such as carrots, potatoes and brassicas. Met Office On the road for registration Since 1884, one of the hottest summers and England broke the record spring, some regions of the country were looking at an extremely dry summer.
Rachel Hallos Vice President of the National Farmers Association said: “Increased excessive weather, which will have significant financial results on farm businesses, affects our ability to produce food. Last year’s harvest was marked with heavy rain, this is missing. This drought and flood fluctuations become more pronounced and more regular.
“Farmers and breeders need the country’s adaptation and investment in flexible crop types to protect our ability to feed the country, play market volatility and a changing climate. In addition, we plan to invest in water infrastructure throughout the wider agricultural sector and allow us to get better caught and storage when needed.”
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Broccoli farmers have been told that their yields have been cut more than 50% so far and those who shop were told to wait for smaller vegetables. British Breeders Association, Brassicas materials are tight, he said.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said England has been moving towards the sixth or seventh worst harvest since the registration began 40 years ago. This comes after the second worst harvest last year, partly from record -breaking floods and the worst harvest in 2020. This is the sixth month of rainfall under the average.
Britain is expected to lack a major water lack of water and conditions will last until the middle of autumn. England Ecology and Hydrology Center, rivers, reservoirs and aquifers are at very low points, the British Ecology and Hydrology Center will put more pressure on water resources, he said.
The five regions of England are in drought: Yorkshire; Cumbria and Lancashire; Great Manchester, Mersexia and Cheshire; East Midlands; and West Midlands.
