'Our yields are going to be appalling': one of wettest winters in decades hits England's farms

Flooding top of agenda at NFU conference after extreme weather ruins thousands of acres of crops"We have had the wettest October, November and December since we started keeping records 27 years ago," says Andrew Ward, a Lincolnshire-based arable farmer.He flicks through videos on his phone of nearby fields that have been devastated by the heavy rain this winter, including one that shows him in front of what looks like a lake. Continue reading...