Farmers across the country have faced droughts, floods and a long, cold winter in a little over 12 months.

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The Northern Hemisphere is finally beginning to wake up from a long, cold winter, and green vehicles are taking to the skies.

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ILEX, a consultancy, thinks that the French and Germans are wary of releasing stored gas on to the market so early in what could be a long, cold winter.

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