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Talking arable with Ian Matts: This year harvest just feels like another job to be completed so we can wipe the slate clean

With no oilseed rape or winter barley in the ground I was not expecting an early start to harvest and that is how it looks at the moment.

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Talking arable with Ian Matts: This year harvest just feels like another job to be completed so we can wipe the slate clean

With no oilseed rape or winter barley in the ground I was not expecting an early start to harvest and that is how it looks at the moment. Our earliest crop will be some early spring-sown barley on light...

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