Wheat production is down 15% since November, the biggest reduction in cropped areas since 2020. Oilseed rape is down 28%, the biggest reduction since the 1980s, and winter barley is down 22% at 355,000 hectares, the biggest reduction since 2020.
Not to stray too close to giving denialists ammo, but wasn’t putin’s war a massive disaster for crops? Ukraine being bombed to a bloody pulp is likely at least partially to blame for these numbers I assume
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/uk-food-production-down-record-rainfall-farmers
So, the above effects, every 3 years.
And we’re just getting started.
Not to stray too close to giving denialists ammo, but wasn’t putin’s war a massive disaster for crops? Ukraine being bombed to a bloody pulp is likely at least partially to blame for these numbers I assume
How did the war in Ukraine affect UK crops?
Ah fair, missed that the original article was limited to the uk