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Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "Exposed, capped or compacted soils do not fix themselves over the winter"

Regenerative farming consultant Silas Hedley-Lawrence on the balance between keeping stock out as long as possible and leaving swards in good enough condition for early grazing next year

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Regenerative farming consultant Silas Hedley-Lawrence
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Regenerative farming consultant Silas Hedley-Lawrence

The clocks went back at the weekend, and that was that. From dust to mud We have had Austen and Boelo land on top of each other inside a few days, it is dark by five, and the ground has very firmly...

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