RECORD-BREAKING rainfall has wreaked havoc across parts of Scotland.

Farmland, crops, and infrastructure across parts of the country have been dealt significant damage following extensive flooding.

The extreme rainfall on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday has left many of Scotland’s farmers to assess the scale of damage and the impact on their businesses.

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The region between northern Argyll to South Ayrshire had around two weeks' worth of rainfall – with one of the wettest places around Loch Restil and Rest and be Thankful with 125mm of rain falling.

A typical level of rainfall would be 350mm for the whole month of October. The Met Office said Tyndrum experienced the most rainfall, with 112.6mm falling on the small village. Large areas of farmland, including some of the country’s most productive ground, are still under water.

All major roads into Argyll closed on Saturday – the A85 was shut in two places, according to Traffic Scotland, between Taynuilt and Lochawe due to ‘flooding/landslip’, and at Dalmally due to flooding, which caused headaches for people travelling The Highland Cattle Sale, in Oban.

Cattle and sheep were left stranded, with farmers facing a race against time to get them to higher ground. Ten people were airlifted to safety by the Coastguard after torrential rain caused multiple landslides in Argyll and Bute.

A number of silage bales were also filmed floating out into Loch Fyne underneath the Aray Bridge, after being carried along by the River Aray in spate.

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One farm, Stewarts of Tayside, at Tofthill, Glencarse, estimates that about half a million pounds worth of food crops destined for supermarkets had been ruined across 60 hectares of its land, as NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables, potatoes, and other crops had been damaged by the flood waters.

Managing director Liam Stewart said they experienced a low yield last year because of low rainfall, then had to delay planting in the spring because the ground was too wet.

He said: "There's body blow after body blow and farmers are no longer growing the same amount of buffer as they traditionally would, so if something grows wrong we take the hit."

"The cost of growing crops now is so high that you can't grow in the hope you'll sell it.

"We need everything to happen, otherwise it's the difference between making money and not making money."

Another Tayside farmer told The Scottish Farmer: "I've never seen anything like it when the rain started it quickly became a deluge. We have swathes of crops underwater. It's starting to subside but the aftermath is going to be a costly one."

Scottish government rural affairs secretary, Mairi Gougeon, said: "The rainfall we have seen over Scotland this weekend has been extreme, affecting many communities and businesses.

"We are engaging with the sector to determine how much they have been affected and what the implications of that are.

"Once we have the full picture we will explore what can be done to help those affected."