The exceptionally hot and dry spring and summer could have cut the UK's cereals and oilseed harvest by 2.5million tonnes compared to earlier forecasts, according to a think tank.

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