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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jack Simpson and Helena Horton

‘Our yields are going to be appalling’: one of wettest winters in decades hits England’s farms

A horse stands in a waterlogged field
In the 12 months to January, 76 of England’s 139 hydrological areas (regions around rivers, lakes and other water sources) had ‘exceptionally high’ rainfall. Photograph: Martin Pope/Getty Images

“We have had the wettest October, November and December since we started keeping records 27 years ago,” says Andrew Ward, a Lincolnshire-based arable farmer.

He flicks through videos on his phone of nearby fields that have been devastated by the heavy rain this winter, including one that shows him in front of what looks like a lake.

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