High temperatures are affecting the quality of UK brassica crops

Heat, drought and shorter harvest windows put UK produce under pressure

2026-07-22T16:18:00+01:00By

Nationwide Produce marketing and communications director Rebecca Fox explores how repeated heatwaves and prolonged drought are slowing crop development, placing water supplies under pressure, causing quality issues, and squeezing harvest windows

  • Heat, drought and shorter harvest windows put UK produce under pressure

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High temperatures are affecting the quality of UK brassica crops

Heat, drought and shorter harvest windows put UK produce under pressure

Nationwide Produce marketing and communications director Rebecca Fox explores how repeated heatwaves and prolonged drought are slowing crop development, placing water supplies under pressure, causing quality issues, and squeezing harvest windows