Talking arable with Ian Matts: OSR that survived flea beetle last autumn has not enjoyed the wet conditions

The latest safe sowing dates for the various winter crops I had optimistically hoped we would get an opportunity to drill are fast approaching and will soon be a distant memory, probably without a wheel ever turning.

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Talking arable with Ian Matts: OSR that survived flea beetle last autumn has not enjoyed the wet conditions

The latest safe sowing dates for the various winter crops I had optimistically hoped we would get an opportunity to drill are fast approaching and will soon be a distant memory, probably without a wheel...

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