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Extreme heat has caused drop in UK milk supply, new data shows
Milk yield was affected by a series of extreme heatwaves which led to poor grazing conditions, researchers say.
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Farmers down 240 million litres of milk after heat
Image caption, Debbie Wilkins is among the farmers in England and Wales who have started giving their cattle winter feed
ByMaisie Lillywhite
Gloucestershire
Extreme heat this summer has led to dairy farmers delivering 240 million fewer litres of milk than expected, researchers have said.
Farmers delivered four fewer days of milk supply than would be expected between May and August, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
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