Horsch Avatar helps reduce grass weed problems

In a bid to reduce black grass pressure in cereals, one Gloucestershire estate has opted for a Horsch Avatar with multi-hopper capability, as it seeks to widen the rotation and introduce cover crops. Geoff Ashcroft reports

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Andrew Walters, Boddington Estate' with Horsch Avatar.
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Andrew Walters, Boddington Estate' with Horsch Avatar.

When Andrew Walters joined Boddington Estates eight years ago, the 450ha heavy land Gloucestershire estate was operating on a three-crop rotation and making limited use of min-till strategies...

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