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Could UK agriculture be on the cusp of a biologicals boom?

We take a look at the global biologicals market which is expected to be worth $25 billion in the next decade

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There is a growing market for biolgicals say experts
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There is a growing market for biolgicals say experts

Widely predicted to overtake the size of the global cereal fungicides market by the end of the decade, the use of biologicals 鈥� plant protection products derived from living organisms 鈥� in UK agriculture...

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