Farming Matters: Helen Fisher – "The fields, sodden all winter, are now dry as the desert'"

Helen Fisher, an arable farmer based on a family farm in Atherstone, Warwickshire, writes about the unpredictability of the weather and its impact on farming

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Farming Matters: Helen Fisher – "The fields, sodden all winter, are now dry as the desert'"
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