"It looks like the savanna out there" Guy Smith, NFU President, Jazz FM Business Breakfast

There’s warnings that UK temperatures could be the highest every recorded this week as the longest heatwave in 200 years continues.

With much of England experiencing highs of 37 degrees, the Met Office predicts it could break the 2003 record of 38 and half degrees (101 degrees fahrenheit).

After a long cold winter, it’s hitting farmers across the country particularly hard.

Michael Wilson speaks to Essex farmer and deputy president of the National Farmers’ Union, Guy Smith.

First broadcast 26th July 2018