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We'll be growing a more sort of mediterranean type crop than the traditional crops grown in this country. spring barley and spring wheatjust won't cope with a hot summer. and that could make some staple foods more expensive. the canal and river trust is using pumps to spray water to try and drive up oxygen levels. and they've tested the water for pollution. it is expensive and time consuming work and they have been dealing with an exceptional number of these incidents. it's unprecedented. six incidents last summer, 60 incidentsjust in the month ofjune alone. and so that is, you know, that's ma...

We will be growing a more sort of mediterranean—type crop than the traditional crops grown in this country. spring barley and spring wheatjust won't cope with a hot summer. that could make some of our staple foods more expensive. the canal and river trust is using pumps to spray water to try and drive up oxygen levels and they have tested the water for pollution. it is expensive and time—consuming work and they have been dealing with an exceptional number of these incidents. it's unprecedented. six incidents last summer, 60 incidentsjust in the month ofjune alone and so that is, you know, ...

It smashed past them according to the met office. when you look back in the series that goes back to 1884, last time you saw anything close to that was way back in 19110 and 1976. what is staggering about this last month's is it's about a full 1 degree above what we should be getting at that time of year. the met office says man—made climate change made these record temperatures twice as likely. what's more, it says by 2050, we can expect every otherjune to be as hot as this one. forfarmers, that means a fundamental rethink of the crops they grow. we will be growing a more sort of mediterran...