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Complaining about the weather is standard practice for most of us and although I’ve tried to avoid the subject when writing these articles, the recent cold conditions are making it difficult to look past.

In line with the Boris road map, Cornwall was due to reopen on April 12 and promptly did so.

The barley is in and although we had some initial crow issues as it emerged, the trusty crow bangers have done the job and the recent rain is welcome.

We are at that stage in the election cycle when seemingly a blind eye is turned to a massacre of trees and the postie’s bag is heavier than usual.

April has been a dry month here in south Lincolnshire with just 4mm of rain falling, topped off with multiple frosty mornings.

It is very difficult to avoid the obvious topic that is the lack of rain which is now at the forefront of most farmers’ minds. No matter where you are in the country at the moment, we all seem to be in the same boat.

The poster covered the whole rear window of the hatchback. ‘I back the farmers’, it declared. Sat at a traffic light in north London, my heart skipped a beat. Alas, looking closer, they didn’t mean us.

For some farmers, they are dipping their toes into a new, exciting era for UK agriculture.

With lambing almost finished, we are down to just eight to lamb and it is time to reflect on how it all went.