Ramsey, United Kingdom, May 20, 2025 (AFP) - UK farmers pray for rain amid driest spring since 1852

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2025-05-20
UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in well over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water. At his 400-hectare (988-acre) farm near the eastern town of Peterborough, Luke Abblitt sadly surveyed his fields of thirsty sugar beets and potatoes struggling to grow. Not a drop of rain has fallen since March. "I'm not quite sure how I'm going to handle it on the farm, I'm hoping tha......
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