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Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria and into south-west Scotland

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Crop walk with Simon Nelson - 'Making the best of benign conditions'

Ongoing mild weather through to the first half of November has kept plants growing later and stronger than normal. The vast majority of autumn-sown cereals look well, and winter covers and forage crops...

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