Question follow-through · 1376
Agriculture: Rain
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the recent period of prolonged and increased rainfall on the agricultural sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the recent period of prolonged and increased rainfall on the agricultural sector.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The actual impact on yield and quality of several arable crops will not be known until harvest; from mid-August onwards, but the Department expects some impact and is assessing what that might be. Early indications from the June AHDB Planting and Variety ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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