22/09/26 Potato yields, Pulse growing

Podcast: Farming Today · BBC Radio 4

Opublikowano: 2026-09-22

UK potato growers could be facing losses of almost £170 million because of this summer’s heatwaves and drought. That’s according to new analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a not-for-profit organisation which looks at the impacts of climate change. Add that to crop losses across Europe’s main potato growing countries - Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands - and we could be looking at 3.5 million tonnes fewer potatoes getting into the shops. We're looking at pulses this week. They're the dried edible seeds of plants in the legume family, they grow in pods and we’...