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Fodder beet offers livestock farmers a high energy feed alternative

Despite its reputation as a high-yielding forage crop, fodder beet is often overlooked by livestock farmers

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Fodder beet offers livestock farmers a high energy feed alternative

One of the reasons for this, says agronomist Lyndon Harris, of Agrovista UK and the co-operative CCF Agri, is that while the crop presents a strong economic argument in terms of it being a high-energy...

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