Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61469

Agriculture: Weather

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extreme heat and drought on harvest forecasts for summer 2025.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra does not forecast harvest yields. However, the UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group monitors, alongside other issues, the impact of heat and drought on agricultural markets across the UK, while continuing to develop our understanding and analysis...

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