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After the wettest summer in 100 years, the UK has again been battered by torrential rain. Heavy downpours, equivalent to almost a month's worth of rain have fallen in parts of the South West, Northern England and Scotland. Peter Gibbs from the 麻豆约拍 weather centre tells Farming Today that we are in the middle of an unusual weather system.

Farmers growing maize as an energy crop for biogas are trialling plots of wildflowers to add to the mix. Anna Hill goes to meet Oliver Knowland who is pioneering the use of flowers for energy in the UK.

As the tupping season starts for sheep, vet Nick Hart gives advise on how to lessen the risk of Schmallenberg virus. He says its hoped those ewes which had the disease last year could now be immune.

Farming Today was presented by Anna Hill and produced in Birmingham by Ruth Sanderson.