YANA (You Are Not Alone) - which operates across Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire - says it has fielded a surge in calls in recent weeks and months.

There is not unifying theme to the calls but it does appear that farmers are under increasing stress.

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YANA charity director Robin Hepburn (Image: YANA)

Chair of trustees Tom Streeter - an Essex arable farmer based at Harps Farm in Great Hallingbury near Bishop's Stortford - said this year call numbers were high at a point where they are normally lower.

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During busy periods like harvest numbers tend to fall off and spike during times of lower activity, he........

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