Smallest U.K. Wheat Crop in Decades Raises Brexit Supply Worries
- U.K. wheat harvest seen shrinking 38% to 10.1 million tons
- That’s set to increase reliance on imports to meet demand
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The U.K. is reaping its smallest wheat crop in at least three decades, increasing reliance on imports just months before Brexit threatens to raise costs or disrupt flows into the country.
British farmers were pummeled by a season of weather extremes, as record winter downpours cut plantings before spring dry spells then hurt young crops. That means the wheat harvest will probably slump 38% to 10.1 million tons, the smallest in data going back to 1984, the government said on Monday.