How the dry weather affects your supermarket shop
Tomos Morgan visits farm in Vale of Glamorgan to explain how the hot and dry spell affects crops.
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Tomos Morgan visits farm in Vale of Glamorgan to explain how the hot and dry spell affects crops.
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