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Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union has said. The prolonged cold weather is expected to impact this autumn's harvest The average yield fell from 7.8 tonnes a hectare to 6.7 tonnes last summer. Looking ahead to the 2013 harvest, farmers had only managed to get three quarters of the planned wheat planted this year, so the UK was already 25% down on potential production.

"New Delhi: India is likely to become the world's largest beef (buffalo meat) exporter by 2013 as there is consistent demand from price sensitive importers, primarily in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, USDA has said."

"What makes this Monday so remarkable is that for the first time in four decades, none of the energy is derived from a nuclear reactor... Before the Fukushima disaster, Japan relied on nuclear for about 30% of its energy. As reactors have come off-line, the country has increased its imports of fossil fuels."

"Groundwater depletion will soon be as important a factor in contributing to sea-level rise as the melting of glaciers other than those in Greenland and Antarctica, scientists say."