ITV News heard from one farmer who has been left with a handful of days to plant hundreds of acres of crops due to this year’s wet weather.
One farmer has been left with a handful of days to plant hundreds of acres of crops due to this year’s wet weather, ITV News' Sangita Lal reports- rolls soil between his hands and shows me a lump of mud, which he says means it's too wet for any of his crops to grow.
South west England saw the wettest February on record earlier this year and across the country, there was 29% more rainfall than the average. Released back into the fields between 24 and 48-hours-old, the churned wet soil is too thick for the newborn lambs to walk in, causing them to become stuck and die.Credit: ITV NewsAnything that's a little bit weak they fall by the wayside," he told ITV News.offering a Farming Recovery FundGrants between £500 and £25,000 will be given to those who are eligible, but it is not being offered across the country.
Tom Collins told ITV News that government grants have come 'too late' and 'financially aren't enough'
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