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Reasons why black-grass control needs a rethink

At South Sea Farm, innovative cropping systems and meticulous soil management underpin black-grass control within a farming system designed to optimise productivity and sustainability

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Reasons why black-grass control needs a rethink

Ever adaptive, black-grass is changing – and that means approaches to its control must change too. That was the message from Hutchinsons technical manager Dick Neale to growers attending the firm's...

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