UK’s poor 2020 oil seed rape yields caused by bad weather

Bad weather conditions throughout the 2020 growing season are to blame for the poor yields of oil seed rape harvested in the UK for that season. However, the 2020 yields were not the worst ever experienced in the UK over the past 2 decades as that title is held by 2001 when the weather was extremely bad in latter end of winter. There are 5 main weather characteristics identified that associates with higher yields.” The average yields achieved across the UK in 2020 was 2.75 tonnes per hectar