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The top stories in Malta's Sunday newspapers

Less rain is seeping into the water table

Proposal to halve pesticides for farmers was "insensitive and premature"

Like a classic Panto villain (and in season, too!) an army of ‘evil, greedy European farmers’ comes crawling out of the woodwork, to thwart all the EU’s honest, well-intentioned plans…

This is the first protest by Maltese farmers since 1982

Prime Minister shows up to hear protesters' grievances about EU policies and rules

The newly set up Riżorsi Agrikoli Malta should be responsible for the management of all agricultural land

Farmers breathed a collective sigh of relief when rain quenched their thirsty fields after the driest October in nearly a century and a November with below average rainfall

Malta experienced driest October in more than a century

They also have to battle insects which persisted due to warmer weather