'Miserable' livestock and sodden ground
The Island's farmers have been presented with some major headaches by the wet autumn and winter we've been having.
Yields were down at harvest, the ground is saturated and livestock have spent much more time inside.
Manx Radio Countryside presenter Kirree Kermode farms with her family at Orrisdale near Ballasalla.
She says it's been a tough time:
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