Farmers are afraid that there may be a shortage of British peas in supermarkets Britain faced its dry spring In more than a century.
Long sunlight mantras in recent months, With three heatwavesAlso, the record-breaking dry season has inspired the initial crop of peas in Britain in 14 years.
National farmer union It is said that the weather has provoked pea producers Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk And East Yorkshire This year, selected and processed peas to fall by up to 30 percent.
Henry Moreton, a regional NFU president in Lincolnshire, told BBC: “East Coast is your primary winning pea land. It is all good, well dry land that likes to grow peas. But it doesn’t look good at the moment. I never know that Vineers go out so soon.
“British peas will be in low supply this year but, until the rain does not really do anything amazing or until the weather really is really good, we are going to see the deficiency.”
A pea producer in Luth said that he started his crop in early June this year, before a fortnight or before the normal beginning of the season.
It is said that crops are said to be so emphasized by dry weather that in some cases the number of peas in a pod has reduced by more than half.
Drought means that peas are rapidly mature, which are capable of producers’ crops. This means that some yield has shrunk and died until the producers are known to pick up.
According to Birds Eye Quality Manager, Mitchell Lawry, the remaining part of the produce is proving to be very sweet.
Meteorological Office They say The hottest June Ever recorded.