When Somerset started their second innings, Trescothick and Neil Edwards were soon eating into Hampshire's lead on a drier pitch than they had batted on in the first innings.

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She said that this year's conditions were partly caused by a move to a negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation which would be likely to lead to more frequent cold, drier winters - like the 1960s - and also wetter summers for 10-20 years.

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This may not lead to large expansion of corn production, but it may mean that corn can be grown in areas that are drier, possibly as a consequence of climate change.

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