Berry growers are currently reporting a glut of tonnes of fruit, with other crops also affected.
With summer harvest now well under way, farmers are reflecting on a challenging year because of the wet weather.
Fruit grower Tim Chambers from Maidstone said he will have over-produced about 100 tonnes of strawberries, and over the next 10 days, 60 to 70 tonnes of raspberries.“Some will go for jam, some freezing and the rest to an anaerobic digester, which generates electricity for the National Grid,” he said.
“It tends to push them together. So right now we almost have the perfect storm where early crops have come late and the late crops are on time. So we have a lot of fruit coming now.”Meanwhile, hay making has also been disrupted by the rain and the impact is being felt by arable farmers.
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