Talking agronomy with Jo Bell: Many soils are cracking rapidly as they dry out from being so wet

Our winter crops were perking up nicely and spring drillings well set in decent seedbeds in the run-up to Easter only for everything to be stopped in its tracks by another spell of winter.

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Talking agronomy with Jo Bell: Many soils are cracking rapidly as they dry out from being so wet

Our winter crops were perking up nicely and spring drillings well set in decent seedbeds in the run-up to Easter only for everything to be stopped in its tracks by another spell of winter. Unnerving...

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