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Bad weather threatens harvest again

by isleofman.com 8th September 2009

Farmers could be facing another miserable harvest time this year, after heavy rain has left crops soaking wet.

The agricultural industry is preparing to bring in crops such as grain, but the recent wet weather means the ground is too wet to allow machinery onto it.

It's the second year in a row farmers have faced the problem, although disaster was averted at the last minute last year when the weather improved.

Manx Radio's farming correspondent John Kennaugh says the same problem is rearing its head again in the Manx countryside:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Tuesday 8th, September 2009 01:36pm.

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