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IT has been a tale of floods and pestilence for the British countryside over the past 18 months. Now comes the inevitable news that the waterlogging of fields, after Biblical): the Agriculture and Horticulture Board predicts that wheat production will fall by about four million tons this year, the knock-on effect of which will be steeper prices for shoppers, livestock keepers and bakers due to increased importing of flour and animal feed.
