By Georgina Rannard BBC News Climate & Science Image source, Getty Images Fruit and veggies on the racks will be smallersized and appearance various as the summertime’s hot and dry weathercondition strikes crops, professionals state. Potatoes, onions, carrots, apples and Brussels sprouts are mostlikely to be worst-affected. Many locations of the UK haveactually seen extremely low rains in 2022, and parts of England are in dryspell. The National Farmers Union (NFU) desires grocerystores to accept more “wonky” fruitandvegetables and be versatile with growers. In Essex, farmer Sarah Green’s fields are dirty and the turf crunches underneath her feet. Her crops are “alive, however not growing or growing”. The hot summertime sun made her sweetcorn tasty, however smallersized than typical and she’s had to lower her rates. Other crops still in the ground, like cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, are stunted. Image source, Sarah Green Image caption, Sarah Green has currently seen her summerseason produce grow smallersized And in Herefordshire, farmer Ben Andrews stated his “nice green” cabbage and kale were fine till a coupleof days back. Now they’ve turned pale blue, he states. They feel leathery and difficult, no longer crisp and rich. These crops are still in the fields however quickly they’ll be what we purchase in grocerystores. It’s too early to understand how much UK produce will passaway due to dryspell, however “crop quality” will definitely be strike, Jerry Knox, teacher of farming water management at Cranfield University, informed BBC News. More potatoes will be smallersized, with lower quality skin and even some flaws, he includes.
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