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Rainfall each month. let us now talk to harry barnett who is the manager at holkham emerald. this is one of your four empty reservoirs. how concerned are you? of course it is concerning for us at the moment. all of east anglian primary food producers will be in agreement the dry weather that has persisted from january through to now has been very challenging. when you combine that with the hot weather it has made growing high value vegetable crops a challenge this year. talk us through how vital these reservoirs are for the land and crops here? without the water infrastructure in the reservoirs on the holkham estate we would not be able to grow high value potato crops. they are essential for what we do. we are in a dry climate and on a sandy loam soil where water is essential. how long does it take to fill and how much water do you need to fill these reservoirs? that is the daunting prospect we face. this reservoir will hold 230,000 cubic metres of water. as you can see it is completel ....
The Catalyst Farming partnership between five major Norfolk farming businesses is analysing a torrent of data to optimise increasingly costly field operations. ....