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Met Office says 10 English counties experienced wettest September on record

Tenant Farmers Association said it had been given reassurances from a senior Defra official last week that a decision was imminent

"Flooding and bluetongue disease is placing a financial and physical strain on farmers"

"The joy, fun and satisfaction of farming is disappearing"

However, the next meeting of the Flood Resilience Taskforce will not take place until early 2025, the Government confirmed

Evie Winston, 17, works for land drainage company BPG Contractors, and she is from Oldham in Greater Manchester

"The Burdens Group was a victim of problems hitting the farming sector with bad weather and changes to EU subsidies resulting in its key customer base reducing their spend"

"More extreme weather will make farming more challenging, so we must continue to support our farmers to produce enough food whilst also rewarding sustainable practices which ensure we reduce emissions"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

Flying marquees, broken tents and a collapsed stone wall – how true Yorkshire grit ensured a showground blasted by Storm Lilian was able to put on a show to remember