New flooding means it is to late for many farmers to harvest crops

I asked Oliver Harwood from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) what was said about the weather-battered grain harvest. 'We didn't talk about it', he replied. 'It's too awful. The screens are redder every day.' Wet fields are now being swamped by floods. In south-west England there has hardly been a dry day for months. The Midlands are still partly un-harvested. For many crops it is too late.... [read full story]