Delayed drilling advised for weed-burdened cereals

Growers are being urged to hold their nerve in bad black-grass fields.

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Delayed drilling advised for weed-burdened cereals

Good progress is being made with the new season drilling campaign in generally favourable conditions, but growers are being urged to hold their nerve in bad black-grass fields. In Norfolk, Andrew Melton,...

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