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03-01-2024, 03:23 PM
https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/4HgCnH52PSRjZlWpeLMUcI/0bbd415f57ba4cabd88826bda16e2980/010324_Farm_Feature_Hero_Peter_Gardiner.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=400&h=225&q=80Peter Gardiner (pictured), whose farm is based in Norfolk, said '80%' of his grazing marshlands were underwater at the peak of the flooding.Credit: Peter GardinerBy James Gray (https://twitter.com/JGrayJourno), ITV News Multimedia Producer
"I know farmers (https://www.itv.com/news/topic/farming)in this area who are really struggling at this moment just because they do not know what to do," says Peter Gardiner, a Norfolk-based farmer.
"Eighty percent of my grazing marshes with cattle on went under water in probably a six or seven day period. Most of the arable land didn't flood, but was too wet to do anything with."
Mr Gardiner told ITV News some of his land has been flooded since last October, adding that, while farmers are used to dealing with wet weather, there has been "shocking" levels of rainfall over autumn and winter.
His story is one that thousands of farmers are currently describing across the UK, where acres upon acres of land, usually set aside for arable farming, have been submerged under water - in some places up to three metres deep.
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-01/british-farmers-say-shocking-levels-of-floods-are-pushing-them-to-the-brink#
==========================The Flooding in my shire is terrible, mile after mile of farmed land is underwater. Like the link said the land didn't dry out from the last bad rains.
"I know farmers (https://www.itv.com/news/topic/farming)in this area who are really struggling at this moment just because they do not know what to do," says Peter Gardiner, a Norfolk-based farmer.
"Eighty percent of my grazing marshes with cattle on went under water in probably a six or seven day period. Most of the arable land didn't flood, but was too wet to do anything with."
Mr Gardiner told ITV News some of his land has been flooded since last October, adding that, while farmers are used to dealing with wet weather, there has been "shocking" levels of rainfall over autumn and winter.
His story is one that thousands of farmers are currently describing across the UK, where acres upon acres of land, usually set aside for arable farming, have been submerged under water - in some places up to three metres deep.
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-01/british-farmers-say-shocking-levels-of-floods-are-pushing-them-to-the-brink#
==========================The Flooding in my shire is terrible, mile after mile of farmed land is underwater. Like the link said the land didn't dry out from the last bad rains.