Fears over future of Britain's food: Fruit farmer says industry is in 'crisis' after wet summer...

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Jonathan Hoskyns, a third generation farmer at North Perrott Farm in Somerset, says the wet weather decimated his apple crop and led to a 75 per cent reduction in the size of his other crop yields.

A fruit farmer has warned Britain's food industry is 'in crisis' after a wet summer decimated his crops, as meat bosses issue warnings over the rapidly falling number of abattoirs.

Apple farmer Jonathan Hoskyns says he and fellow small-scale fruit growers across Britain are struggling to survive because of spiralling costsMr Hoskyns can no longer afford supermarkets' below-market rates and will instead produce his own fruit juice In contrast, the price of fruit in supermarkets has increased 23 per cent, not keeping up with their outgoings.

'At the same time, the cost of fertilisers is up over 100 per cent yet the price supermarkets pay for fruit is up just 23 per cent.

 

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