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Yes, a wild gale can actually help on the farm! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silage

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'actually help on the farm' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'yes a wild gale' is the wordplay.
'yes' becomes 'si' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a wild' is an anagram indicator.
'gale' with letters rearranged gives 'lage'.
'si'+'lage'='SILAGE'

'can' is the link.

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(Other definitions for silage that I've seen before include "Fermented feeding stuff for cattle" , "Fodder in store" , "Stored, dried animal fodder" , "Form of fodder" , "Animal food" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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