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Good progress with black-grass control yet challenges still remain

Black-grass pressure is reducing at Hutchinson's Cambourne Demonstration Site to the extent that a return to full winter cropping is being considered, but there is no room for complacency

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More than 10 years have passed since crop production business Hutchinsons began tackling the challenges of black-grass control at its Brampton Centre of Excellence near St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Three...

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