This summer's drought, combined with the current chill, is impacting the Christmas sprout harvest.
Extreme temperatures have hit this year's Brussels sprout crop hard, according to one major Lincolnshire supplier.Bosses at TH Clements, in Boston, said unfavourable conditions have led to "lighter yields and shorter stalks".
Lincolnshire, with its fertile soils and flat landscapes, is one of the UK's most important agricultural areas. But the county saw the worst of the 2022 heatwave, with the newJust 15 miles from Coningsby is TH Clements, which typically harvests 192 million sprouts each year. If they were to be laid out in a line, they would stretch 3,400 miles - the equivalent distance of Boston, Lincolnshire, to New York.
According to the British Growers Association, Lincolnshire is the biggest grower of brassicas, producing about 60% of Britain's requirements.
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