In Britain, farmers are desperate for rainfall to save crops

For the past few weeks, Radio National Breakfast has investigated the dire effects of the drought engulfing South Australia, and parts of western Victoria and New South Wales... But Australian farmers aren't the only ones in desperate need of a drop of rain. In Britain, record sunshine and scant wet weather has left farmers desperate for rainfall to save their crops… It comes at a time of significant upheaval across the UK's agricultural industry – with changes in inheritance tax and three agriculturally significant deals signed in the last month.