Making hay while the sun shines
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Making hay while the sun shines
Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 27 Sep 2008
With all the poor wet weather we had during the summer of 2008 the hay making season was extended into the Autumn thanks to the dry and sunny weather we had in late September. A government ban had prevented farmers from moving tractors and combine harvesters onto their waterlogged fields. But Defra granted a special dispensation for three weeks, exempting farmers from the ban. Under the normal rules, they would jeopardise their single farm payments by taking heavy equipment onto sodden land because of potential damage to the soil. http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED10%20Sep%202008%2020%3A35%3A48%3A770
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Image Location
Latitude
53.555935
Longitude
-1.994075