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Machinery special: Muthing flail mower improves cover crop control management

A heavy duty Muthing flail mower with a huge appetite is proving to be a vital tool in maintaining environmental areas and even helping to tackle black-grass on the estate surrounding the Cotswold Farm Park

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The Muthing MU-M 600 flail mower makes light work of mulching wild bird cover for Henson and Andrews in the Cotswolds.
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The Muthing MU-M 600 flail mower makes light work of mulching wild bird cover for Henson and Andrews in the Cotswolds.

Cover crops are now widely adopted on arable and mixed farms seeking to take advantage of their benefits, and for those in agreements made before the government U-turn, as SFI options replacing the BPS....

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