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On a farm in kent. we are all being affected in some way by climate change. but if you are as connected to the natural world as a farm like this and it is your livelihood, well, the stakes are high. and in an industry that has always involved a degree of risk, things arent getting any easier. the farm i have come to see was established over 70 years ago and is huge, covering more than 900 hectares. it is an arable farm and the main crops are wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes. alan clifton holt is...

Was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that we rely on to grow our crops has really been reduced, and that affects our yield. so, it has really changed in just this year, let alone the last 20 years. so, what have you had to do differently to adapt to these changing weather conditions that youre seeing? so, this combine is 30% bigger than what weve had in the past. its got a new very fancy header on, which is on rubber belts, which gather in the crop and bring that in in slightly wetter con...

Alan, yourfamily has been farming here for generations in kent. so what have you noticed in terms of changes to the weather and climate here in recent decades? the weather has really blocked up into different segments. you only look at this year, april we had one of the driest april is ever, may we have one of the wettest and june was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that we rely on to grow our crops has really been reduced and that affects our yield. so it has really changed in just this...

So what have you noticed in terms of changes to the weather and climate here in recent decades? the weather has really blocked up into different segments. you only look at this year, april we had one of the driest april is ever, may we have one of the wettest and june was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that we rely on to grow our crops has really been reduced and that affects our yield. so it has really changed in just this year, let alone the last 20 years. so what have you had to do d...

It is an arable farm and the main crops are wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes. alan clifton holt is the farm director here. alan, yourfamily has been farming here for generations in kent. so what have you noticed in terms of changes to the weather and climate here in recent decades? the weather has really blocked up into different segments. you only look at this year, april we had one of the driest april is ever, may we have one of the wettestjune was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that ...

So what have you noticed in terms of changes to the weather and climate here in recent decades? the weather has really blocked up into different segments. you only look at this year, april we had one of the driest april is ever, may we have one of the wettest and june was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that we rely on to grow our crops has really been reduced and that affects our yield. so it has really changed in just this year, let alone the last 20 years. so what have you had to do d...

Of the wettestjune was one of the wettest. the sunlight levels that we rely on to grow our crops has really been reduced and that affects our yield. so it has really changed in just this year, let alone the last 20 years. so what have you had to do differently to adapt to these changing weather conditions that you are seeing? so this combine is 30% bigger than what we have had in the past. it has got a new very fancy header on, which is on rubber belts, which gather in the crop and bring that in...

Things arent getting any easier. the farm i have come to see was established over 70 years ago and is huge, covering more than 900 hectares. it is an arable farm and the main crops are wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes. alan clifton holt is the farm director here. alan, yourfamily has been farming here for generations in kent. so what have you noticed in terms of changes to the weather and climate here in recent decades? the weather has really blocked up into different segments. you only look at ...