The Daily Telegraph reports: “Farmers have warned that this year could be their worst ever harvest after a summer of drought.” This is one of those stories, like so many others, that would be much more accurate if it began with the word “some.”

Some farmers may be having a bad year but others are not. That is the nature of farming. Only a few weeks ago Farming Today (Radio 4) introduced us to a farmer chortling with delight because he'd got his harvest in so early that he was able to take August as a holiday. Swings, roundabouts and........

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