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UK crop crisis 'heading into unchartered territory'

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Arable crops in the UK are suffering because of a record dry spell.

Tom Feilden reports on the farming crisis that could "easily see a 30% yield loss."

And Sean Rickard of Cranfield School of Management predicts a "rise in food prices" in Britain and beyond.


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