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A focus on nutrition helps drive fodder beet yields on a mixed farm in Mid Wales

Fodder beet has become a key crop for mixed farmer Dylan Davies in recent years, underpinning his strategy to outwinter dairy youngstock to help keep costs in check

Farmers Guardian
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A focus on nutrition helps drive fodder beet yields on a mixed farm in Mid Wales

Ensuring an adequate supply of crop nutrients, particularly during periods of high demand, is vital to achieve the beet yields that mixed farmer Dylan Davies needs to keep his outwintered dairy youngstock...

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