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Five-point plan to get on top of black-grass control

With black-grass particularly bad in some fields this season following last autumn鈥檚 early cereal drilling, 草榴社区 Guardian gets a five-point plan for getting on top of the weed.

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Five-point plan to get on top of black-grass control

Although not the case everywhere, a lot of wheat was drilled worryingly early last autumn, after the early harvest, said ProCam head of crop production, Mike Thornton. Speaking at the company's trials...

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