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Wet weather has knock-on effect across agriculture
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AGRICULTURAL HAULIERS face another setback as the farming losses from wet weather and a late harvest spread to other sectors.
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) says the torrential downpours and lack of sunshine — just 105 hours in August — have hit livestock, horticulture, dairy and arable farmers alike.
Animal feed supplies have been affected by the waterlogged weather, diary yields are down and some potato producers are discovering disease in their plants. The wheat that has been harvested is expensive to dry and much that is still in the fields may either fall in value through sprouting or collapse entirely and be written off. Unharvested crop stood at 30% in mid-September.
In the North, Wye and Severn regions, potato fields have been blighted by high water levels; field vegetables are being harvested slowly; and hectares of salad crops are rotting in the ground.
The NFU says the cost of these losses is still being calculated, but • expects them to have a significant impact on t UK farms and hauliers T for at least the next
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