Farmers must be given tools to ride the storm of weather volatility

There is no doubt 2020 will be remembered as a year of extremes. And not least because of the weather; flooded one minute, drought the next. 

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Farmers must be given tools to ride the storm of weather volatility

There is no doubt 2020 will be remembered as a year of extremes. And not least because of the weather; floods one minute, drought the next. For an industry where weather is seen as both a best friend...

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