27/08/2024: Flooding; harvest time; fly-tipping
Farmers flooded earlier in the year are still waiting eight months on for government grants they have claimed to clear up.
Farmers flooded earlier in the year are still waiting eight months on for government grants they have claimed to clear up.
It’s a challenging harvest for farmers across the country because of the wet weather, and yields are down.
The National Farmers Union says as many as half of farmers have been affected by fly-tipping, which is a blight on the countryside and can cost farmers a lot of money to clear up.
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