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How this year's harvest is going to affect you
Sybil Ruscoe quizzes independent crop expert Sean Sparling on how the wet winter and long hot summer is affecting this year's harvest producing lower yields, and he says that as a result it's inevitable that food prices will rise. She also speaks to Stuart Roberts about how some species of heritage grains are defying the trend and thriving in these conditions.
First broadcast on Farming Today, 13 August 2018.
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