Drought 'will push up food prices'
355 views · Published 27 February 2012 · 1:07 · Indexed 3 October 2026
Channel: Farmers Weekly Video · 2012 · News & Politics
Lack of rainfall in eastern England will push up food prices this summer, farmers have warned. Andrew Alston, of the Broadland Agricultural Water Abstractors Group, believes the government should draw up a drought plan to deal with the situation. Water levels have fallen over the past month - and that's before any irrigation of crops, he says.
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