Parched Soil, Stunted Crops: UK Farmers Pray For Rain Amid Driest Spring Since 1852
United Kingdom: UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in effectively over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water. At his 400-hectare (988-acre) farm close to the jap city of Peterborough, Luke Abblitt sadly surveyed his fields of thirsty sugar beets and…