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Crop walk with Simon Nelson – "Overall good start to the cropping season"

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland

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Crop walk with Simon Nelson – "Overall good start to the cropping season"

Benign weather since my last report a month ago has helped many farmers complete autumn drilling in good time and into decent seedbeds. Autumn rainfall arrived in useful amounts. We had 160mm through...

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