Britain's Drought Stricken Future: A Food Security Wake Up Call The National Farmers' Union has sounded the alarm on a potentially catastrophic consequence of the prolonged drought: food shortages.
NFU President Tom Bradshaw warns that yields of wheat and oats are "very, very poor" this year.
Drought conditions have been declared across vast swaths of England and Wales, exacerbated by relentless heatwaves that have left water supplies parched.