Flooding frustration

Four years on from the aftermath of the Boxing Day floods, Richard Bramley, who farms 200ha at Kelfield, near Selby, North Yorkshire, has once again been watching 20ha of his promising winter wheat crop disappear under water

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Flooding frustration

Four years on from the aftermath of the Boxing Day floods, Richard Bramley, who farms 200ha at Kelfield, near Selby, North Yorkshire, has once again been watching 20ha of his promising winter wheat crop...

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