UK farmers sound the alarm as a punishing drought threatens food supplies, following a brutal winter and record heatwaves that have slashed crop yields to their lowest in a decade. With wheat crops half their normal size and irrigation water restricted, this is the third major drought in five years — now labeled by farming leaders as the new normal. The NFU is demanding tax breaks to fund water storage, while farmers face financial collapse and question if this could be their last harvest. Meanwhile, the UK Health Security Agency issues heat alerts as extreme weather, worsened by climate change, strains domestic food production and pushes up costs — all while subsidies vanish. As the harvest winds down, the nation braces for a grim outlook on food security unless urgent investment in resilient farming systems follows.
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