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Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

Flying marquees, broken tents and a collapsed stone wall – how true Yorkshire grit ensured a showground blasted by Storm Lilian was able to put on a show to remember

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

Storm Lillian is expect to hit Wales, the north of England and the south of Scotland on Friday (August 23), bringing with it gusts of up to 75mph in some areas

As harvest 2024 is now well under way, we caught up with three farmers to find out about their experience

Mixed picture continues as wet spring weighs heavy on yields

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope 51AVÊÓƵon the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

Farmers warned the low risk so far does not rule out a potential outbreak.

A mix of sporadic showers and sunshine causes worries for growers