LONDON — Britain’s cereal harvest is on track to be the worst since comparable records began in 1984, according to an analysis published on Wednesday, as crops wither after one of the driest and hottest spring-summer periods on record. England saw its warmest June on record and the U.K. its second warmest, while England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, according to Met Office data. The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit said the tough growing conditions may have knocked as much as 2.5 million metric tons off Britain’s cereal and oilseed harvest compared to earlier forecasts, costing U.K arable farmers up to $524 million (£390 million) in lost revenue. It cited provisional yield estimates produced by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board suggesting wheat, spring barley and oat yields will all be down, with the estimated wheat yield well below the ten-year average at 6.8 tons per hectare. It noted that with 54% of the wheat crop harvested, if these average yields hold, the U.K. cereal and oilseeds harvest would be 19.5 million tons, surpassing 2020 as th
