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Pamela Tickell
Reporter

It's not just more extreme weather events farmers are dealing with - there's more paperwork too.

"There's change and it's not change for the better," Simon Bainbridge in Northumberland says.

Mr Bainbridge's pastoral farm is one of many hit by this years' drought, which he says have gone from occurring every few decades to every year.

"We haven't a clue what we're going to get, what things are going to yield," he says.

"There's so many things out of our control, basically we're gamblers."

He says inheritance tax, national insurance and minimum wage changes were also piling on the pressure.

"When we first started, there was very little paperwork," he tells the BBC.

"We are very much at the whims of government policy."

He describes it as a perfect storm but went on to say: "We get too many perfect storms now."

• You can listen to the full story here: How modern change is impacting Northumberland farm

Farming goes back five generations in Lucinda Bird's family.

From dairy, to arable, to rearing cattle - their farm in County Durham was constantly changing.

By the time she took over, she had added looking after horses and teaching dressage to the services on offer.

And during the Covid-19 pandemic, they diversified again and invested in wool.

Benridge Woolworks washes, dries and processes the fabric, which is mainly sold to saddle fitters.

Ms Bird says British agriculture is going through a tough time.

"You've got to have the positive mentality that there will be a future.

"We have always forged our own future," she says.

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