August rainfall brings UK wheat harvest to ‘shuddering halt’
by PA Media from Environment | The Guardian on (#4NG88)
National Farmers' Union says only farms in south-east England able to start harvest
August's wet weather has brought this year's wheat harvest to a "shuddering halt", the deputy president of the National Farmers' Union has said.
Guy Smith said farmers outside the south-east of England had been left unable start their harvest their crop because of heavy rainfall this month.
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