Expect Shrunken Vegetables and Less Cheese Amid Drought, Warn British Farmers

Estate Director of the Euston Estate farm Andrew Blenkiron stands by a field of forage maize which has largely failed to germinate because of a lack of rain, in Thetford, England, on Aug. 10, 2022. William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images

Farmers and agricultural experts have told consumers to expect strange-looking shrunken vegetables and less cheese as drought conditions ravish farms in Britain.

The National Drought Group, made up of a team of advisers from the Environment Agency (EA), declared a drought in 14 regions of the country including the southwest, parts of southern and central England, and the East of England on Aug. 12.