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Opinion: Is prolonged heat at flowering the real risk to future arable rotations?

As combines roll around the country cutting barley, many growers are feeling the impacts of the lack of moisture, but how much will this affect future rotations?

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 2 min read
Opinion: Is prolonged heat at flowering the real risk to future arable rotations?

With two consecutive dry springs, the hottest June day on record, and a second early harvest, should these seemingly trending weather patterns affect how growers proportion autumn- and spring-drilled crops,...

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