date:Nov 29, 2012
rned separately that the grim weather will wreak financial havoc on the industry, costing British farmers more than 500m with much of the damage uninsurable.
It said around 13% of the national potato crop 822,200 tonnes on 19,500 hectares had been destroyed or remained in the ground two months after the first deluge, at a possible cost of 97m. The union said the cereal crop and the sugar beet crop have suffered similar fates. In addition, the grain harvest in the coming year could be several