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Dairy farmers urged to delay drilling of multi-species leys to get the best results

Expert highlights that establishing herbal and multi-species leys is fundamentally different from grassland reseeding

Katie Jones
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Dairy farmers urged to delay drilling of multi-species leys to get the best results

The significant uptake in multi-species leys driven by the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is resulting in many dairy farmers trying them for the first time this spring, with a danger many will use...

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