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>> reporter: cattle ranchers usually bring their herds to market in late fall but the heat and lack of rain is making it financially impossible for many ranchers to keep sustaining the cows. thats what he says almost twice as many farmers as usual are lining up here to sell off portions of their cattle herds. federal forecasters say this is the second driest year around this area in the past 128 years. pri priscilla and her family have a small operation of about 20 cattle. >> you brought two cow...

Conditions have gotten there. you have been farming for decades. how have you seen the conditions change? is becoming more common? >> yeah, the past few years, we have seen the onset of drop. these pastures you see in the background should be lush and green. you see the levels upon our low. you see the calves are some of the cows right now. we are going to have to pull these calves off about two months earlier. we have not been able to plant winter wheat. you see the cracks in the ground that we...

From babies. if we have to get rid of all of them, its painful. >> reporter: this part of texas usually gets 24 to 48 inches of rain a year, its received just 4 inches so far this year. the pond the cows usually drink have a supposed to be 7 feet deep, theres not even a drop of water left in it now. wade will face tough decisions soon. he sold off 20 cows last week and if it doesnt rain and cool off soon he will be back in the auction barn selling off more of his herd. >> i will sell them before...

Financially impossible for many ranchers to keep sustaining the cows. thats why they say almost twice as many farmers as usual are lining up here to sell off portions of their cattle herds. federal forecasters say this is the second driest year around this area in the past 128 years. priscilla and her family have a small family operation of about 20 cattle. >> you brought two cows and a calf. >> uh-huh. >> why did you have to get rid of them? >> we are just trying to reduce number, trying to red...

Today. he says he also usually sells 4,000 to 6,000 bales of hay every year to cattle ranchers but this year the ground is so dry hes only done about 300. >> i feel for a lot of people, people theyve been doing this for years and years and now they dont have anything to hold on to. you know, theyre having to let go. >> we put these bales of hay out a couple of days ago and theyre already gone and theyre $100 apiece. >> reporter: wade is a fourth generation cattle rancher on this land. he says th...

There and we just realised right now that its maybe not possible. a reduced service is still operating on the car ferry, while the red jet passenger foot service is unaffected. shelley phelps, bbc south today, southampton. if you fancy a serving of nostalgia, then youre in luck, as the bbc is opening up its archives to celebrate its 100th year. 0ne hidden gem thats been unearthed is a local news report, from 1988, of a newly opened, family—run ice cream parlour in the cheshire town of nantwich...

A lazy day is out of the question for the cows down on park farm in nantwich. the 160 friesians and jerseys... ..are central to an award—winning business, which their owners are determined to milk. watching their younger selves back 34 years after martin henfields report into their ice—cream making venture, entrepreneurs chris and cheryl sadler. you look so young! iwas _ you were! it was such a big deal. the tv coming, we were just getting going... i yes, so we had people up buying ice cream...

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For the farmers and for a world that is increasingly desperate for ukraines crops. farm owner sergei takes me on a tour of his bomb craters. he used to sell almost all his wheat and sunflower seeds for export. but the war has put a stop to that. he shows me more footage of the damage to his farm. this is where the cows were killed by another bomb. in fact, we can just hear a few more in the distance. its quite a noisy morning here. but the biggest problem, sergei tells me, is the russian blockad...

Hurried farewells at a bus stop to the sound of russian rockets landing nearby. and plenty of those rockets and cluster bombs are hitting ukraines wheat fields, setting fire to thousands of acres. its another challenge for the farmers and for a world that is increasingly desperate for ukraines crops. farm owner sergei kurinniy takes me on a tour of his bomb craters. he used to sell almost all his wheat and sunflower seeds for export, but the war has put a stop to that. he shows me more footage o...