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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sam Russell

Dry summer boosts sunflower crop but varied weather ‘puts farms under pressure’

A sea of sunflowers has been helped by hot and dry conditions this summer but increasingly varied weather patterns are putting farms under pressure, a fifth-generation grower has said.

Vine House Farm in Deeping St Nicholas near Spalding in Lincolnshire grows the flowers for the seeds to be used in bird feed.

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