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Farmers face further weather challenges as Storm Austen and Storm Boelo hit UK

'After a summer of drought and bluetongue this just adds more stress,' says North Devon farmer

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Farmers are bracing themselves for a weekend of bad weather as Storm Austen and Storm Boelo hit the UKA
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Farmers are bracing themselves for a weekend of bad weather as Storm Austen and Storm Boelo hit the UKA

Parts of rural England have been hit hard as Storm Austen tore through the South West overnight. The Met Office has issued a rare amber wind warning for the whole of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and...

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