UK will face beer shortage after awful weather ravages wheat crops: 'Absolute nightmare'

The UK could look a brew shortage aft adverse upwind (Image: Getty)

The UK could beryllium deed with a brew shortage as adverse upwind threatens farmers' wheat crops this autumn.

Farmers person warned that their wheat crops could instrumentality a 20 percent deed arsenic the UK prepares for 1 of the worst harvests the state has ever seen.

This could effect successful a shortage of beer, arsenic good arsenic different products similar breadstuff and cereals.

Not lone that, but this could besides marque the UK much reliant connected overseas imports of these goods.

Industry experts accidental this year's harvest volition beryllium 1 of its 3 worst since records began successful 1983.

The UK's wheat harvest volition endure this twelvemonth (Image: Getty)

A harvest of astir 10-12million tons of wheat is expected, and 18 percent down connected past year.

Speaking to The Sun, wheat husbandman Roger Palmer, 66, said: “There’s nary uncertainty determination volition beryllium a shortage.”

Farmer Charles Goadby, of Nuneaton, said it was an “absolute nightmare”.

Tom Lancaster, a farming expert astatine the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) described 2024 arsenic "a twelvemonth to forget."

He said: “The caller benign summertime has failed to marque up for six months of seemingly endless rainfall implicit the winter, the effects of which are present becoming apparent.

Rain tin harm crops and severely interaction farmers' harvests (Image: Getty)

“More than most, farmers are connected the beforehand enactment of clime change, and this is what that looks like. Extreme upwind is already feeding done to higher nutrient bills and a greater reliance connected imports."

Martin Lines, husbandman and main enforcement of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, has called connected the Government to summation its enactment for farmers.

"I don’t privation to spot different similar it again. Extreme upwind is making farming harder and it’s the main menace to our nutrient security.

"Farmers request enactment successful preparing for and coping with droughts and floods."