The exceptionally hot, dry spring and summer could have cut the country’s cereals and oilseed harvest by 2.5 million tonnes compared to earlier forecasts, new analysis shows

Wheat is half normal height, while England is seeing earliest ever harvest as farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops

Tom Bradshaw, president of the NFU, said production of oats this year has been 'very, very poor', and that wheat has been suffering similarly due to the prolonged drought