One of the most severe spring droughts in memory has already dented yield potential in a number of crops with the eastern counties suffering the greatest losses. Spring linseed and sugar beet on light soils were showing significant moisture stress, with no rain falling in March and April, said Cambridgeshire grower Edd Banks. Cereals on his heavy land were starting to show signs of stress, but spring crops had already been damaged, particularly those on lighter soils, he said. "It's hard to gauge howmuch, but we will now be losing yield."
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