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In your field - Emma Robinson: "Flooding has been devastating for businesses and people in our rural communities"

Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is chair of Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Monmouthshire

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We have been fixing a water leak in the yard. Harvey had to dig down about four feet to find the problem – and it meant digging through reinforced concrete. The problem then was finding the right fittings,...

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