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How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together

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How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

On the family's Cheshire farm, the expansion of a growing beef enterprise has unintentionally become one of the business' strongest weed management tools, helping reduce ryegrass pressure while creating...

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