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A new international partnership has been launched to encourage use of cover crops
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A new international partnership has been launched to encourage use of cover crops

Crops designed to curb reliance on imported proteins are set to be given a boost thanks to a new international partnership. Scientists from Aberystwyth University have joined forces with plant breeders...

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