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Farmers have called for more support from the government as the climate breaks down, meaning agricultural businesses are no longer able to count on mild UK weather and increasingly face drought and floods.

The drop in total income was driven by a large decrease in crop outputs, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

According to the Met Office, 1,695.9mm of rain fell in England from October 2022 to March 2024, more than in any 18-month period since the organisation started collecting comparable data in 1836.

Farmers will soon no longer get a flat rate of government support, because the EU-derived basic payments scheme is being phased out.

Joe Evans, the vice-president of the Country Land and Business Association, said: “Farmers’ incomes are continuing to fall after decades of economic neglect.

This includes committing to an annual £4bn agricultural budget, reforming planning laws to help farmers diversify income, and proposals for ministerial-led, cross-departmental working groups to identify and remove barriers to growth.

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