In Your Field: Alan Carter - 'Silage making has been done with relative ease'

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In Your Field: Alan Carter - 'Silage making has been done with relative ease'

AS I am writing this, we are entering our third week of unbroken dry weather. This has allowed for silage making to be done with relative ease, and the ability to forward plan for cutting. During some...

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