Steps to under-sowing maize successfully

Lessons from a thriving maize under-sowing trial were shared with farmers at Severn Trent's 2,000-hectare (4,942-acre) maize production and anaerobic digestion site, Stoke Bardolph, in Nottinghamshire

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Steps to under-sowing maize successfully

In the run up to harvest, a network of maize growers supplying Severn Trent Green Power's biogas production were invited to an exclusive tour of trial plots at Stoke Bardolph, one of the biggest anaerobic...

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