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Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Britain could face food shortages due to a severe drought, with wheat crops at half their normal height and England experiencing its earliest harvest as farmers struggle. Drought conditions have restricted irrigation, compounding challenges from winter floods that disrupted planting.
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