Hot weather brings forward black-grass seed maturity

Cereal growers are being urged to spray off patches infested with black-grass now, before more plants set viable seed.

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Hot weather brings forward black-grass seed maturity

Cereal growers are being urged to spray off patches infested with black-grass now, before more plants set viable seed. The stress of hot dry weather has brought forward seed maturity, with viability set...

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