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In Your Field: Tom Clarke - 'Minette Batters is a president in a league of her own'

The rain keeps falling. The sheds have rarely been tidier, the machinery more sparkling and the tractors more serviced. The land is just too sodden for fieldwork. There is nothing to do but wait for better conditions.

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In Your Field: Tom Clarke - 'Minette Batters is a president in a league of her own'

The rain keeps falling. The sheds have rarely been tidier, the machinery more sparkling and the tractors more serviced. The land is just too sodden for fieldwork. There is nothing to do but wait for better...

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