Top tips for sowing spring beans this autumn amid seed shortages

Sowing spring beans this autumn could help solve the problem of short winter bean seed stocks caused by the difficult growing season of 2020, according to new research by PGRO.

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Top tips for sowing spring beans this autumn amid seed shortages

Sowing spring beans this autumn could help solve the problem of short winter bean seed stocks caused by the difficult growing season of 2020, according to new research by Processors and Growers Research...

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