Crop Walk with Simon Nelson: Spring barley on lighter land is full of secondary growth

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland. He has worked for Agrovista for 23 years.

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Agrovista agronomist, Simon Nelson
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Agrovista agronomist, Simon Nelson

Harvest has got off to a slow start in Cumbria. We have been getting a day of dry weather and six days of wet for much of the first three weeks of July, and many parts of Cumbria have had more than 100mm...

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