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'Getting back to basics' key to improving soil health

Five farmers agree that getting 鈥榖ack to the basics鈥� and good crop rotations are key to improving soil health and managing grass weeds

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock 鈥� 3 min read
'Getting back to basics' key to improving soil health

Crop rotations have proved critical to improving soil structure and reducing weed burden for five northeast farmers, who have come to the end of a five-year knowledge exchange programme, looking at enhancing...

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