After a wet winter, a drier March and start of April has seen soil moisture falling rapidly in many areas, especially the east of England, as Meteorologist Zoë Johnson discusses in this week's #WQFarmingForecast. With that in mind, Zoë also looks ahead at the weather forecast for the coming weeks, in which drier than average weather is on the cards...

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