Farmers have been left devastated by one of the wettest summers on record.

Many are struggling to finish the harvesting of crops and are facing high drying costs.

There are fears the wet weather will have an impact on the industry right through the winter.

Selling barley for malting or wheat for milling usually pays farmers more but whole lorry loads of crops are being rejected because of high moisture levels in the grain.

One of the farmers affected was David Smith from Aberdeen.

He said: "With the crops here they're battered into the ground about 25% of the heads are being cut off before we even get to them with the combine so there is a substantial loss.

"It's obviously going to have a significant effect on our income because you have everything budgeted out, you've bought your machinery, you've bought it over hire purchase over a number of years and if you don't get the yield and don't get the income you do suffer.''

''The wheat we're doing just now. In England they're looking at a maximum of 18% some of the stuff we've been cutting up here is 38% so the drying costs there are horrendous and the quality must be poor."