Young Farmer Focus - Evie Winston: "Unfortunately, Britain's wet weather only gets wetter"

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

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"Farming is more difficult than ever."
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"Farming is more difficult than ever."

I am from the North West of England, which is arguably the wettest region of the country. We take the brunt of the transatlantic rainfall before it hits the more mountainous regions of the Lake District...

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