NATIONAL DISASTER
GRAIN CROPS RUINED (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 26. Farmers in Suffolk, one. of England’s most important grain areas, have abandoned harvesting after the last few weeks of wet weather culminated in heavy thunderstorms last night. Many fields are under water. National Farmers’ Union officials estimated that 25 per cent of the grain will be lost. They described it as a national disaster.
Suffolk farmers will hold an emergency meeting to-morrow.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 270, 27 August 1946, Page 3
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