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The met office has has confirmed thatjuly has been one of the wettest on record. the wet conditions are causing a big problem forfarmers who are struggling to harvest quickly and efficiently. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. growing crops without water is impossible. but too much rain creates problems, too. eleanor gilbert is from a farming family in berkshire and is learning to work in a changing climate. this morning because the sun is finally shining were off to combine som...

So, to find out a bit more about what the rainy weather means for farmers, imjoined by what the rainy weather means for farmers, im joined by local livestock farmers. it has been a very wetjuly, what has that meant to you? we have had a very difficult year, because we started off very wet so we couldnt get early crops in. we planted peas and barley over the top of fresh grass, and we couldnt get that in until quite late. it went from being very wet to completely dry, so a lot of it didnt germina...

The crops around us are deteriorating very fast. it could be quite a write—off, really. the car parks at the show closed at lunchtime for health and safety reasons. with no harvest to help with, the tractors had a new role. its summer. jonah fisher, bbc news, in north devon. now heres the weather with darren. hello there. this is not the sort of weather wed get this time of the year usually, and we have to wait until later, next week for any significant improvements. now today, earlier on, we ...

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