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A rare Brexit dividend for British farmers
They once shunned green schemes. Then the rains came
Imagine a line running through the middle of Britain, from top to bottom. West of the line, rain is frequent and the topography is tricky. Cows and sheep manage fine but tractors and combines struggle. East of the line, rain is rarer and fields are flatter. Although it is not as pretty, the east is a superb place to grow cereal crops.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Nature versus nurture”
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