UK OSR growers must focus on sustainability credentials with neonics ban here to stay

UK growers of oilseed rape must focus on their sustainability credentials, with the ban on neonicotinoids here to stay, NFU combinable crops board chairman Matt Culley has said.

Abi Kay
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UK OSR growers must focus on sustainability credentials with neonics ban here to stay

UK growers of oilseed rape must focus on their sustainability credentials, with the ban on neonicotinoids here to stay, NFU combinable crops board chairman Matt Culley has said. Mr Culley pointed to...

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